The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold
Psalm 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
made by human hands
Isaiah 2:8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Isaiah 31:7 For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.
Isaiah 37:19 "They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone fashioned by human hands."
Isaiah 40:19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Jeremiah 1:16 "I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and worshiping what their hands have made."
Jeremiah 10:5 "Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
They have mouths, but cannot speak
1 Kings 18:26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths
Jeremiah 10:14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
Habakkuk 2:19 "Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!' Or to a lifeless stone, 'Wake up!' Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it."
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Saturday, September 12, 2015
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