8 For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with silver; yet they are only fake, and can’t speak. (WEB) 9 And taking gold, as if it were for a virgin who loves to be happy, they make crowns for the heads of their gods. (WEB) 10 Sometimes also the priests take gold and silver from their gods, and spend it on themselves. (WEB)
Baruch 6:8–10
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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)
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…
Psalms 115:3–5
3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Baruch 6:70–72
70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keeps nothing, so are their gods of wood overlaid with gold and silver. (WEB) 71 Likewise also their gods of wood overlaid with gold and with silver are like a white thorn in an orchard that every bird sits upon. They ar… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 13:9–11
9 For if they had power to know so much, that they should be able to explore the world, how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner? (WEB) 10 But they were miserable, and their hopes were in dead things, who called them gods which are works of men’s hands,… (WEB) 11 … (WEB)
Psalms 135:14–16
14 For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
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)
Isaiah 40:18–20
18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? 19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? 20 To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to…
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