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 clothed—those who are strong will take from them, and go away with them. They won’t be able to help themselves. (WEB) 59 Therefore it is better to be a king who shows his manhood, or else a vessel in a house profitable for whatever the owner needs, than such false gods—or even a door in a house, to keep the things safe that are in it, than such false gods; or better to be a pillar of wood in a palace than such false gods. (WEB)
Baruch 6:57–59
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Baruch 6:11–13
11 They will even give some of it to the common prostitutes. They dress them like men with garments, even the gods of silver, gods of gold, and gods of wood. (WEB) 12 Yet these gods can’t save themselves from rust and moths, even though they are covered with purple garmen… (WEB)
Baruch 6:38–40
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Baruch 6:70–72
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Isaiah 37:18–20
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Epistle to Diognetus 2:6–8
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Wisdom of Solomon 13:9–11
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Baruch 6:16–18
16 By this they are known not to be gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 17 For like a vessel that a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, even so it is with their gods. When they are set up in the temples, their eyes are full of dust through the feet of those wh… (WEB)
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