1 Kings 18:26

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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

Matthew 6:7

No voice

Answered

Zephaniah 1:9

Bible References

From morning

"And when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babbling's sake.

No voice

And call ye on the name of your God, and I will call on the name of the LORD. And then the God that answereth by fire, he is the very God." And all the people said, "It is well spoken."

Their images are but silver and gold, even the work of men's hands.

As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.

And of the residue he maketh him a god, and an Idol for himself. He kneeleth before it, he worshippeth it, he prayeth unto it, and sayeth, "Deliver me, for thou art my god!"

Let them be gathered and come together, let them draw nigh hither, that are escaped of the people: Have they any understanding, that set up the stocks of their Idols, and praise unto a god, that cannot help them?

It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."

but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

What help then will the Image do, whom the workman hath fashioned? Or the vain cast Image, wherein because the craftsmen putteth his trust, therefore maketh he dumb Idols?

To speak of meat dedicated unto idols, we are sure that there is none idol in the world: and that there is none other God but one.

What say I then? That the image is anything? Or that it which is offered to images is anything?

Ye know that ye were gentiles, and went your ways unto dumb idols, even as ye were led.

Answered

In the same day also will I visit all those that tread over the threshold so proudly, which fill their lords' house with robbery and falsity.