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.
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Bible References
We ought
Psalm 94:7
Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Psalm 106:20
Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalm 115:4
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],
And calculated the dust of the earth with ameasure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],
And calculated the dust of the earth with a
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
Isaiah 44:9
All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Habakkuk 2:19
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’
And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’
And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
Romans 1:20
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense.
Graven
Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
Exodus 32:4
And he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
Isaiah 46:5
“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we may be alike?
“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we may be alike?
Jeremiah 10:4
“They adorn the idol with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with hammers and nails
So that it will not fall apart.
“They adorn the idol with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with hammers and nails
So that it will not fall apart.
General references
Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
Exodus 34:17
You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?