Acts 19:26

A Major Riot In Ephesus

²⁵ gathering whom together, and them who in such things wrought, he said - Men! ye well know that, by this business, we have our prosperity; ²⁶ and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well-nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made. ²⁷ And, not only is there danger that this our heritage into ill-repute may come, but even that the temple, of the great Goddess Diana, for nothing, may be counted; also that, even on the point of being pulled down, may be Her Majesty, whom, all Asia and the habitable world, do worship.

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Isaiah 44:10-20

Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!

Acts 17:29

Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Concerning, then, the eating of idol-sacrifices, we are aware - that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.

Deuteronomy 4:28

and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, - wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens!

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every son of earth hath become too brutish to discern, Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame by a graven image, - For a falsehood, is his molten image, Seeing there is no breath in them.

Acts 14:15

and saying - Men! Why, these things, are ye doing? We also, of like nature with you, are men, bringing you the good news, that from these vain things, ye should be turning unto a living God: - Who made heaven and the earth and the sea and all things therein;

Acts 19:10

And, this, took place for two years, so that, all who dwelt in Asia, heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Revelation 9:20

And, the rest of mankind who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, - that they should not do homage unto the demons, nor unto the idols of gold and of silver and of copper and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men, -

Psalm 135:15-18

The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:

Isaiah 46:5-8

To whom can ye liken me or make me equal? Or compare me, and we be like?

Jeremiah 10:3-6

For as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are, - For a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman with the axe:

Hosea 8:6

For, of Israel, is even that thing! A craftsman, made it, and, a No-god, it is! For, into fragments, shall the Calf of Samaria be broken.

Acts 18:19

And they came down to Ephesus; and, as for them, he left them there, - but, himself entering into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.

Acts 19:18-20

Many also of them who had believed, were coming, making open confession, and renouncing their practices.

1 Corinthians 10:19-20

What, then, am I saying? - that, an idol-sacrifice, is anything? or that, an idol, is anything?

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that, when ye were of the nations, unto the dumb idols, howsoever ye were being led, ye were seduced.

1 Corinthians 16:8-9

But I remain in Ephesus, until the Pentecost,

Galatians 4:8

But, at that time - not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell - what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols - to be serving a living and true God,