Idolatry

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

'Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

'Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

'Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

They 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.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

Then 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.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

And 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.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Extended satire on the foolishness of idol-makers fashioning gods of wood.

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Restatement of the prohibition against idols; the Lord is a jealous God.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Restatement of the prohibition against idols; the Lord is a jealous God.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

Restatement of the prohibition against idols; the Lord is a jealous God.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; they that make them are like unto them.

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

Idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; they that make them are like unto them.

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

Idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; they that make them are like unto them.

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; they that make them are like unto them.

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands; they that make them are like unto them.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man and worshipped the creature.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man and worshipped the creature.

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man and worshipped the creature.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man and worshipped the creature.

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

They changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man and worshipped the creature.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Covetousness, which is idolatry.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Idolaters shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Idolaters shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, 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.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Israel makes the golden calf at Sinai.

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

The customs of the people are vain; their idols cannot speak nor walk.

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

The customs of the people are vain; their idols cannot speak nor walk.

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

The customs of the people are vain; their idols cannot speak nor walk.

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

Paul's spirit stirred in him when he saw Athens wholly given to idolatry.