Psalm 96:5

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Summary

Psalm 96:5

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

For

1 Corinthians 8:4

But

Bible References

For

Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.

Do not tremble. Do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock. There is not one!'

Bel bows down and Nebo stoops low. Their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome. They are a burden for the weary.

The people's customs are erroneous and empty. It is wood cut from the forest. It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

You see and hear that Paul, in Ephesus and throughout all Asia, has persuaded and turned away many people. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

Concerning the eating of food offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

But

Jehovah, the maker of heaven and earth, will bless you.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

You will say to the idolaters: The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.