acSee 1 Cor. 10:20
Jeremiah 10:4-9
4 aThey decorate it with silver and gold;bthey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols ▼
▼Hebrew They
are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,and dthey cannot speak;
ethey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
ffor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 gThere is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 hWho would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 iThey are both jstupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
9 kBeaten silver is brought from lTarshish,
and gold from mUphaz.
nThey are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
othey are all the work of skilled men.
Habakkuk 2:19
19 pWoe to him qwho says to a wooden thing, Awake;to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and rthere is no breath at all in it.
Acts 17:29
29 sBeing then God’s offspring, twe ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.Acts 19:24-28
24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, ubrought no little business to the craftsmen. 25 vThese he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, wsaying that xgods made with hands are not gods. 27And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the ygreat goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”28When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, z“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Revelation of John 9:20
20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, aadid not repent of abthe works of their hands nor give up worshiping acdemons adand idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,
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