Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Fasten
General references
Bible References
Deck
Psalm 115:4
Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men, -
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:
Isaiah 40:19
The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh.
Fasten
Isaiah 41:6
Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help, - And to his brother, saith Take courage!
Isaiah 44:12
As for the smith, with his cutting-tool, - When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it, - And hath wrought it with his strong arm, Anon he is hungry, and hath no strength, He hath drunk no water and so hath become faint!
Isaiah 46:7
They carry him about on the shoulder They bear the burden of him - and set him in his place that he may stand, - Out of his place, will he not move, - Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of ones trouble, he will not save him.
General references
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above, - or that is in the earth beneath, - or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Isaiah 40:19
The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh.