Bible Cross References
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Isaiah 37:18
Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 41:6
They each one helped his neighbor, and said to his brother, Be strong.
Isaiah 41:7
So the craftsman encourages the refiner, and he who smooths with the hammer, him who struck the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good. And he makes it steady with nails so that it will not be shaken.
Isaiah 44:10-12
10
Who has formed a god or smelted a graven image that benefits nothing?
11
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.
12
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.
Isaiah 46:6
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out on the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it into a god; they prostrate themselves, yea, they bow down.
Isaiah 46:7
They carry it on the shoulder, they carry it and set it in its place, and it stands; it shall not move from its place. Yes, one shall cry unto it, yet it cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Exodus 32:2-4
2
And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.
3
So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
4
And he took up the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool after he had made a molten calf. And they said, This is your god, O Israel, that brought you up out of the land of Egypt!
Judges 17:4
Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a graven image, and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
Psalm 115:4-8
4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5
They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
6
they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;
7
they have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they utter through their throat.
8
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.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
3
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.
4
They make it beautiful with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not totter.
5
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 10:9-5
Hosea 8:6
For it was also from Israel: The craftsman made it, but it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Habakkuk 2:18
What does an image profit, that its maker should carve it; a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, that the maker should trust in his work, to make mute idols?
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake! To a mute stone, Rise up, it shall teach. Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all in it.