Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

Bible References

For

Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
Psalm 135:15
The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
Isaiah 44:8
Don't panic! Don't be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
Jeremiah 10:3
For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
Acts 19:26
And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
1 Corinthians 8:4
With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one."

But

Psalm 115:15
May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth!
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 42:5
This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
Jeremiah 10:11
You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.'

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