Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Chooseth
Shall not
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Bible References
Chooseth
Isaiah 2:8 Their land has also been filled with idols;
They worship thework of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
They worship the
That which their fingers have made.
Isaiah 44:13 Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house.
Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Becauseit is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Because
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Daniel 5:23
but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
Shall not
Isaiah 41:7 So the craftsman encourages the smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
So that it will not totter.
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
Isaiah 46:7 “They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, itcannot answer;
Itcannot deliver him from his distress.
They set it in its place and it stands there.
Though one may cry to it, it
It
1 Samuel 5:3
When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.
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Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
Exodus 32:3
Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.