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 made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.
Isaiah 40:19
As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Fasten
Isaiah 41:6
Each helps the other and says to his brother: Be strong!
Isaiah 44:12
The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals. He shapes an idol with hammers; he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He drinks no water and grows faint.
Isaiah 46:7
They lift it to their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer. It cannot save him from his troubles!
General references
Exodus 20:4
Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
Isaiah 40:19
As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.