Exo 20:4, Deu 4:14-18, 2Ki 10:29, 17:16, 2Ch 11:15, Hos 8:4-7, 10:5-6 | ESV | STEP | You shall not make for yourself a carved image , or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above , or that is in the earth beneath , or that is in the water under the earth .

u[See ver. 5 above]

v[Mic. 1:6, 7]

x[ch. 10:12, 13]

y[ch. 7:9]

zSee 1 Kgs. 12:28

abSee ch. 4:15

ac ch. 9:11; [1 Sam. 4:21, 22]

ae[Isa. 46:2]

af ch. 5:13

ah ch. 11:6

Exodus 20:4

4 ^a“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:14-18

14 And ^bthe Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

15 ^c“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since ^dyou saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 beware ^elest you act corruptly ^fby making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, ^gthe likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

2 Kings 10:29

29 But Jehu did not turn aside from ^hthe sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ⁱwhich he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.

2 Kings 17:16

16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of ^jtwo calves; and they ^kmade an Asherah and ^lworshiped all the host of heaven and served ^mBaal.

2 Chronicles 11:15

15 and he appointed his own ⁿpriests for the high places and for the goat idols and for ^othe calves that he had made.

Hosea 8:4-7

4 ^pThey made kings, ^qbut not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 ^rI have ^{▼▼Hebrew He has} spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
^tHow long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
^uThe calf of Samaria
^vshall be broken to pieces. ^{▼▼Or shall go up in flames}
7 For ^xthey sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
^ystrangers would devour it.

Hosea 10:5-6

5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for ^zthe calf ^{▼▼Or calves} of ^abBeth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and ^acover its glory—
for it has departed ^{▼▼Or has gone into exile} from them.
6 ^aeThe thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to ^afthe great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed ^ahof his idol. ^{▼▼Or counsel}