Bible Cross References
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Psalm 115:3-8
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But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He pleased.
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
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they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;
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they have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they utter through their throat.
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Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalm 135:18
Those who make them are like them; everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 44:8-28
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Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you and declared it since then? Thus, you are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Yea, there is no other rock. I have not known any.
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Those who make a graven image, all of them are vanity; and the things which they desire shall not help. And they are their own witnesses; they do not see nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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Who has formed a god or smelted a graven image that benefits nothing?
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Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they are men. Let them be gathered together; let them stand up; they shall be in dread; they shall be ashamed together.
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The craftsman in iron makes it in the coals with the tongs, and fashions it with hammers, and makes it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
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The craftsman in wood stretches a measuring line; he makes an outline with a marker; he works it with carving tools, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it like the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
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He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he secures for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain makes it grow.
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Then it shall be for a man to burn; for he will take some of it and warm himself. Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; he also makes a god and bows down to it; he makes it into a graven image and prostrates himself to it.
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He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; indeed, he warms himself, and says, Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.
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And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He prostrates himself before it and bows down, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my mighty god.
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They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
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And no one considers within his heart, nor is there perception nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; indeed, also I have baked bread on its coals; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I prostrate myself to a piece of wood?
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He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?
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Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are My servant; I have formed you; you are My servant; O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by Me.
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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and as a cloud, your sins; return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
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Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel!
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Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb: I am Jehovah, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens alone, who spreads out the earth by Myself;
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who brings to nothing the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
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who establishes the word of His servant, and performs the counsel of His messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up its waste places;
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who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;
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who says of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, and shall do all My pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle; the things you carried have become a load, a burden to the weary.
Isaiah 46:2
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the ax, the work of the hands of the craftsman.
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They make it beautiful with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not totter.
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They are crafted into hammered work like a palm tree, and they cannot speak. They must be lifted up and carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they are not able to do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 10:11-5
Jeremiah 10:12-5
Jeremiah 10:14-5
Jeremiah 10:15-5
Acts 19:26
Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
but
Psalm 115:15
You are blessed by Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 42:5
Thus says Jehovah the Mighty God, He who created the heavens and stretched them out, spreading out the earth and its offspring; Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it.
Jeremiah 10:11
So you shall say to them, The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.