Judges 17:3
He returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and she said, “I had truly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son (in his name) to make an image [carved from wood and plated with silver] and a cast image [of solid silver]; so now, I will return it to you.”
Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
Exodus 20:23
You shall not make other gods [to worship] besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make [these lifeless idols] for yourselves.
Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods (images cast in metal); I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 34:17
You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.
Deuteronomy 12:3
You shall tear down their altars and smash their [idolatrous] pillars and burn their
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will favor me and make me prosper because I have a Levite as my priest.”
Judges 18:5
And they said to him, “Please ask of God, so that we may know whether our journey on which we are going will be successful.”
Psalm 115:4-8
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Isaiah 40:18-25
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?
Isaiah 44:9-20
All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 66:3
“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;
He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.
Such people have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;
Jeremiah 10:3-5
For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility];
It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god],
The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!
Habakkuk 2:18-19
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
John 16:2
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I had wholly
A graven image
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I had wholly
“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;
He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.
Such people have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;
A graven image
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?
For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility];
It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god],
The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.