Psalm 96:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Psalm 115:15

May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 135:15

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psalm 135:18

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

Psalm 8:4

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

Isaiah 41:29

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

Isaiah 42:5

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Acts 19:26

And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

1 Corinthians 8:4

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.