Acts 17:29

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

Exodus 20:4

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 32:4

He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

Psalm 94:7-9

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

Psalm 106:20

They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?

Isaiah 40:25

“Who will you compare Me to,
or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

Isaiah 44:9-20

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 46:5-6

“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?
Who will you measure Me with,
so that we should be like each other?

Jeremiah 10:4-10

He decorates it with silver and gold.
It is fastened with hammer and nails,
so it won’t totter.

Habakkuk 2:19-20

Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.

Romans 1:20-23

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 17:29

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

We ought

Romans 1:20

Graven

General references

Exodus 20:4

Exodus 34:17

Isaiah 40:18

Bible References

We ought

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

They exchanged their glory

for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.

Graven

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?
Who will you measure Me with,
so that we should be like each other?

He decorates it with silver and gold.
It is fastened with hammer and nails,
so it won’t totter.

General references

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?