Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Idols
General references
Bible References
Idols
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Deuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 40:19
The image, a workman hath cast it , and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it'silver chains.
Isaiah 44:9
They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
Isaiah 46:6
Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Acts 17:29
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
General references
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Isaiah 40:19
The image, a workman hath cast it , and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it'silver chains.
Jeremiah 16:20
Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?