Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Changed
An image
General references
Bible References
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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.
Psalm 106:20 They exchanged their glory
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
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.
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
An image
Deuteronomy 4:15
“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 They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
eyes, but cannot see.
Psalm 135:15 The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Isaiah 40:18 Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?
What likeness will you compare Him to?
Isaiah 44:13 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.
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.
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.
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.
General references
Genesis 19:5
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!”
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.