Bible Cross References
I had wholly
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!
Judges 18:5
So they said to him, Please inquire of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous.
Isaiah 66:3
He who kills an ox is as if he killed a man; he who sacrifices a lamb is as if he broke a dog's neck; he who offers an offering is as if he offered swine's blood; he who burns incense is as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
a graven image
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;
Exodus 20:23
You shall not make for yourselves, along with Me, gods of silver or gods of gold.
Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 12:3
And you shall tear down their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their groves with fire; you shall chop down the graven images of their gods and destroy their names out of that place.
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.
Isaiah 40:18-25
18
To whom then will you compare the Mighty God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19
The workman casts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and smelts silver chains.
20
Whoever is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he looks for a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not totter.
21
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22
It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
23
Who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as nothing.
24
Indeed, they shall not be planted; indeed, they shall not be sown. Indeed, their stump shall not take root in the earth. And He shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the tempest shall take them away like stubble.
25
To whom then will you compare Me, or with whom am I equal? says the Holy One.
Isaiah 44:9-20
9
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.
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
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.
16
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.
17
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.
18
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.
19
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?
20
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?
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 10:8-5
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.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.