Acts 17:29

So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Exodus 20:4

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

Exodus 32:4

He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

Psalm 94:7-9

Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."

Psalm 106:20

They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

Isaiah 40:12-20

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

Isaiah 40:25

"To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One.

Isaiah 44:9-20

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 46:5-6

To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

Jeremiah 10:4-10

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

Habakkuk 2:19-20

The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.

Romans 1:20-23

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

We ought

Psalm 94:7
Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."
Psalm 106:20
They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.
Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?
Isaiah 44:9
All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
Habakkuk 2:19
The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

Graven

Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
Exodus 32:4
He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
Isaiah 46:5
To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
Jeremiah 10:4
He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

General references

Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
Exodus 34:17
You must not make yourselves molten gods.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

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