Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
The likeness
General references
Bible References
The likeness
Deuteronomy 4:23
So be on your guard and watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He has made with you, and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
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?
John 4:24 God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Acts 17:29
So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
Acts 20:4
He was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and by Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King of the ages [eternal], immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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].
Isaiah 40:25
“To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
“To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.