Thematic Bible: Prayers to idols


Thematic Bible



"Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save. Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse ReligionemptinessGod, Uniqueness OfPredestinationReligionUnreliabilityWoodCarrying IdolsSurvivors Of The NationsIdolatryNature Of IdolatryPraying AmissThose Who Were IgnorantSolar Eclipse

At this point the mariners became terrified, and each man cried out to his gods. They began to throw the cargo into the sea in order to lighten the vessel. But Jonah had gone down into the vessel's hold, had lain down, and was fast asleep. Verse ConceptsMarinersDepression, CausesFear, Caused ByMerchandiseBuoyancyFear Of Other ThingsPraying AmissServing One's Own GodsNervousnesssailingjonah

And the rest of it he makes into a god. To blocks of wood he bows down, worships, prays, and says, "Save me, since you are my god." Verse ConceptsBowingReligionIdolatry Consists OfPraying Amissimage

Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen for yourselves. Let them deliver you in your time of trouble." Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessSarcasmPraying AmissCompetition

And they lift it on their shoulders, carry it, set it up in its place, and there it stands. It cannot move from that spot. One may even call to it, but it cannot answer nor save him from his distress. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

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