Bible Verses about “idols”

“Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."”

“"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”

“"You shall have no other gods before me.”

“For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.”

“They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.”

“"'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.”

“They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."”

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

“The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.”

“The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!"”

“No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"”

“Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.”

“They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.”

“They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell.”

“They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.”

“Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.”

“Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.”

“They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.”

“He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"”

“Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don't see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.”

“Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?”

“Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.”

“The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.”

“He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.”

“He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire."”

“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”

“Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”

“You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, "Go away!"”

“"'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.”

“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.”

“They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.”

“They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.”

“"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?”

“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.”