Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall
General references
Bible References
Ye shall
Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am Yahweh your God.
Exodus 20:4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
Exodus 23:24
You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
Exodus 34:17
“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.
Deuteronomy 4:16
not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,
Deuteronomy 5:8 Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 16:21
“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,
Deuteronomy 27:15 ‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’
Psalm 97:7 All who serve carved images,
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods must worship Him.
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Isaiah 2:20 On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 48:5 therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
Jeremiah 10:3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Acts 17:29
Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
Romans 2:22
You who say, “You must not commit adultery”—do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples?
1 Corinthians 10:19
What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Revelation 13:14
He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.
Revelation 22:15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
General references
Exodus 20:4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.