Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
From morning
No voice
Answered
Bible References
From morning
Matthew 6:7 When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.
No voice
1 Kings 18:24
Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers with fire, He is God.”
All the people answered, “That sounds good.”
All the people answered, “That sounds good.”
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Psalm 135:15 The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Isaiah 37:38
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.
Isaiah 44:17 He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it.
He bows down to it and worships;
He prays to it, “Save me, for you are my god.”
He bows down to it and worships;
He prays to it,
Isaiah 45:20 “Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 10:5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm—
and they cannot do any good.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.
Habakkuk 2:18 What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
1 Corinthians 8:4
About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
1 Corinthians 10:19
What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
Answered
Zephaniah 1:9 On that day I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.
all who skip over the threshold,
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.