Jeremiah 16:20
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
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- Isa 37:19 : 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
- Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
- Gal 4:8 : 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
- Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: w long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
- Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Gal 1:8 : 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
- Ps 135:14-18 : 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
- Isa 36:19 : 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
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18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
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17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
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18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
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18They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
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28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
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8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
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17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
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15The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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32And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
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19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
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16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
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20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
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5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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8And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
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21Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
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9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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19And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
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1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
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6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
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26For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
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6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
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17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?