Acts 17:29

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.

We ought

Romans 1:20

Graven

General references

Exodus 20:4

Exodus 34:17

Isaiah 40:18

Bible References

We ought

They say: Jehovah does not see it. The God of Jacob does not even pay attention to it.

They traded their glorious God for the statue of a bull that eats grass.

Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?

All who make idols are nothing. The things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind. They are shamefully ignorant.

Woe to anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone get up! You can learn nothing from idols covered with silver or gold? They cannot breathe or talk.

His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse,

Graven

Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

After he worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said: Israel, this is your god, who brought you out of Egypt.

To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

They decorate it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not tip over.

General references

Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

Do not make idol gods for yourself.

To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?