Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
For a sin
Bible References
In that
Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
Isaiah 30:22
And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!
Deuteronomy 7:25
The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:
Ezekiel 36:25
And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
Hosea 14:8
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
For a sin
1 Kings 12:28
So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.