10 Sometimes also the priests take gold and silver from their gods, and spend it on themselves. (WEB)
Baruch 6:10
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Baruch 6:27–29
27 Those who serve them are also ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again by themselves. If they are bowed down, they can’t make themselves straight; but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men. (WEB) 28 And the thi… (WEB)
Baruch 6:56–58
56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then admit or think that they are gods? (WEB) 57 Those gods of wood overlaid with silver or with gold aren’t able to escape from thieves or robbers. (WEB) 58 The gold, silver, and garments with which they are clo… (WEB)
Baruch 6:32–34
32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead. (WEB) 33 The priests also take off garments from them and clothe their wives and children with them. (WEB) 34 Whether it is evil or good what one does to them, they are not able to repay it. They can’t… (WEB)
Isaiah 46:5–7
5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? 6 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 can bow down and worship. 7 They lift it to…
2 Kings 12:15–17
15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity. 16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests. 17 At that time Hazae…
Numbers 5:9–11
9 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him. 10 Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.” 11 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Epistle to Diognetus 2:6–8
6 Therefore ye hate the Christians, because they do not consider these to be gods. (DIO) 7 For do not ye yourselves, who now regard and worship them, much more despise them? Do ye not much rather mock and insult them, worshipping those that are of stone and earthenware… (DIO) 8 … (DIO)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:27–29
27 For the worship of idols that may not be named is a beginning and cause and end of every evil. (WEB) 28 For their worshipers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or lightly commit perjury. (WEB) 29 For putting their trust in lifeless idols, when… (WEB)
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