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Isaiah 46:6
Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!
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1 Kings 19 18
Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”
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Jeremiah 10:4
They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over.
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Isaiah 44:17-20
Then he takes what’s left and makes his god: a carved idol! He falls down in front of it, worshiping and praying to it.“ Rescue me!” he says.“ You are my god!”Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,“ Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,“ Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
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Hosea 2:8
She doesn’t realize it was I who gave her everything she has— the grain, the new wine, the olive oil; I even gave her silver and gold. But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
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Habakkuk 2:18-19
“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘ Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘ Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
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Romans 11:4
And do you remember God’s reply? He said,“ No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”
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Romans 1:22-25
Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies.They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
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Hosea 11:6
War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.
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1 Samuel 10 1
Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said,“ I am doing this because the Lord has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.
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2 Timothy 3 13
But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.
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Psalms 2:12
Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
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Jeremiah 10:8
People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!
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Isaiah 30:1
“ What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,” says the Lord.“ You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins.
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Hosea 8:6
This calf you worship, O Israel, was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
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Isaiah 46:8
“ Do not forget this! Keep it in mind! Remember this, you guilty ones.
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Hosea 10:1
How prosperous Israel is— a luxuriant vine loaded with fruit. But the richer the people get, the more pagan altars they build. The more bountiful their harvests, the more beautiful their sacred pillars.
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Psalms 135:17-18
They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
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Numbers 32:14
But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.
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Isaiah 1:5
Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.
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2 Chronicles 33 23
But unlike his father, he did not humble himself before the Lord. Instead, Amon sinned even more.
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Romans 2:5
But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
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Isaiah 45:20
“ Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!
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Psalms 115:4-8
Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
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2 Chronicles 28 13
“ You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared.“ We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the Lord’s fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”
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Hosea 8:4
The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.