Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



"'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritMaking Idolsethics, personalClaimsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolsPolytheismObelisksBowing To False GodsIdol WorshipNot Like IdolsThe Lord Is GodIdolatryAvoiding IdolatrySelf Imageadorationstatuesimage


They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsCreativityStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stone

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsMonotheismStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stonestatues


A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow. A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. read more.
Half of it he burns in the fire -- over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, 'Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.' With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!' They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?'

"'What you plan will never happen. You say, "We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone." Verse ConceptsWoodNeverLike The NationsUnfulfilled WordWood And Stone



The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone. Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelUnknown GodsDifferent GodsWood And Stone

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. Verse ConceptsAbsence Of FeelingDumbnessTypes Of FeetDumbFeeling Lost



You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.) Verse ConceptsGoldStones

The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there. Verse ConceptsStonesWoodNot Knowing PeopleDifferent GodsWood And Stone


They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsCreativityStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stone

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. Verse ConceptsMonotheismStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stonestatues

"'What you plan will never happen. You say, "We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone." Verse ConceptsWoodNeverLike The NationsUnfulfilled WordWood And Stone

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone. Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelUnknown GodsDifferent GodsWood And Stone

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made. Verse ConceptsGoldhumanitystatues


Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made. Verse ConceptsGoldhumanitystatues