Romans 1:23

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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.

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Romans 1:25

Psalm 106:20

Jeremiah 2:11

An image

General references

Genesis 19:5

Exodus 20:4

Bible References

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who exchanged the truth of God with a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed for eternity. Amen.

And [so] they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.

Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

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"So {you must be very careful for yourselves}, because you did not see any form on the day Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,

'You shall not make for yourself a divine image of any [type] of form that [is] in the heaven above or that [is] on the earth beneath or that [is] in the water under the earth.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, [the] work of the hands of humankind.

And to whom will you liken God? And to what likeness will you compare him?

[The] {woodworker} stretches out a line; he makes an outline [of] it with marker. He makes it with knife and makes an outline [of] it with compass. He makes it like [the] image of a man, like [the] beauty of a human, to dwell [in] a temple.

And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures and detestable beasts; [and] all of the idols of the house of Israel [were] carved on the wall {all around}.

Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship} the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,

General references

And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where [are] the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them."

"You shall not make for yourself a divine image [with] any form that [is] in the heavens above or that [is] in the earth below or that [is] in the water below the earth.