1 Kings 18:24
24And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who aanswers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”Psalms 115:4-8
4 bTheir idols are silver and gold,cthe work of human hands.
5They have mouths, dbut do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 eThose who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Psalms 135:15-20
15 fThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,the work of human hands.
16They have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.
19 gO house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
Isaiah 37:38
38And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of hArarat, iEsarhaddon his son reigned in his place.Isaiah 44:17
17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. jHe prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”Isaiah 45:20
20 k“Assemble yourselves and come;draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
lThey have no knowledge
who mcarry about their wooden idols,
nand keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
Jeremiah 10:5
5Their idols ▼▼Hebrew They
are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,and pthey cannot speak;
qthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
rfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
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