Thematic Bible: Objects of, described as
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Senseless idols
hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.
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There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
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They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Other gods
But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not.
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They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods -- the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry.
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You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
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What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image -- something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman -- and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
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What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Nothing
Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.
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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."
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » New gods
God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.
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They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Abominations
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?'
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They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten gods
You must not make yourselves molten gods.
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Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » No gods
The Lord asked, "How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.
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Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Strange gods
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem
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So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Graven images
But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
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Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stocks
They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
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Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » gods that have not made the heavens
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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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanities of the gentiles
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanity
Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Idols of abomination
This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb stones
The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Helpless
Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Images of abomination
They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images -- their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » gods that cannot save
Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Wind and confusion
Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stumbling blocks
"Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
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