Romans 1:23

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Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

Psalm 106:20

They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?
(But they were not gods!)
Yet My people have exchanged their Glory
for useless idols.

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.

Deuteronomy 4:15-18

“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—

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.

Psalm 115:5-8

They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.

Psalm 135:15-18

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Isaiah 40:18

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?

Isaiah 40:26

Look up and see:
who created these?
He brings out the starry host by number;
He calls all of them by name.
Because of His great power and strength,
not one of them is missing.

The woodworker stretches out a measuring line,
he outlines it with a stylus;
he shapes it with chisels
and outlines it with a compass.
He makes it according to a human likeness,
like a beautiful person,
to dwell in a temple.

Ezekiel 8:10

I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every form of detestable thing, crawling creatures and beasts, as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.

Romans 1:25

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.

1 Peter 4:3

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

Revelation 9:20

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

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Summary

Romans 1:23

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

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Romans 1:25

Psalm 106:20

Jeremiah 2:11

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General references

Genesis 19:5

Exodus 20:4

Bible References

Changed

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

They exchanged their glory

for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?
(But they were not gods!)
Yet My people have exchanged their Glory
for useless idols.

An image

“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—

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.

They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?

I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every form of detestable thing, crawling creatures and beasts, as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.

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.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

General references

They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

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.