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.

General references

Bible References

Deck

Psalm 115:4
Their images are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.
Psalm 135:15
The images of the nation are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.
Isaiah 40:19
The artificer cast the carved image, and the founder will spread it out with gold, and he smelted chains of silver.

Fasten

Isaiah 41:6
They will help a man his neighbor, and he will say to his brother, Be strong.
Isaiah 44:12
The workman of iron with an axe also worked with coal, and he will cleave it with hammers, and will work with the arm of his strength: also he hungered and no strength: he drank not water and was wearied.
Isaiah 46:7
They will lift him up upon the shoulder, they will carry him, they will set him down in his place and he will stand; from his place he shall not depart: also he will cry out to him and he will not answer; he will not save him from his straits

General references

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make to thee a carved image, and every appearance that is in the heavens above, and that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth.
Isaiah 40:19
The artificer cast the carved image, and the founder will spread it out with gold, and he smelted chains of silver.