Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the ha
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a g
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus i
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of