Exodus 20:4

Conservative English Version

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, "Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt."

2 Kings 17:12

Even though the LORD had commanded the Israelites not to worship idols, they did it anyway.

2 Chronicles 33:7

(SEE 33:6)

Psalm 78:58

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshiping idols.

Psalm 97:7

Those who brag about the useless idols they worship are terribly ashamed, and all the false gods bow down to the LORD.

Exodus 20:23

So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.

Exodus 32:1

After the people saw that Moses had been on the mountain for a long time, they went to Aaron and said, "Make us an image of a god who will lead and protect us. Moses brought us out of Egypt, but nobody knows what has happened to him."

Exodus 32:23

They even told me, "That man Moses led us out of Egypt, but now we don't know what has happened to him. Make us a god to lead us."

Exodus 32:4

then he melted them and made an idol in the shape of a young bull. All the people said to one another, "This is the god who brought us out of Egypt!"

Exodus 32:8

They have already stopped obeying me and have made themselves an idol in the shape of a young bull. They have bowed down to it, offered sacrifices, and said that it is the god who brought them out of Egypt.

Exodus 34:17

Don't make metal images of gods.

Isaiah 42:17

Everyone who worships idols as though they were gods will be terribly ashamed.

Isaiah 42:8

My name is the LORD! I won't let idols or humans share my glory and praise.

Isaiah 45:16

Anyone who makes idols will be confused and terribly disgraced.

Ezekiel 20:7

I told them to get rid of their disgusting idols and not to sin by worshiping the gods of Egypt. I reminded them that I was the LORD their God,

Ezekiel 8:10

Inside, I saw that the walls were covered with pictures of reptiles and disgusting, unclean animals, as well as with idols that the Israelites were worshiping.

Ezekiel 8:3

It reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed my hair. Then in my vision the LORD's Spirit lifted me into the sky and carried me to Jerusalem. The Spirit took me to the north gate of the temple's inner courtyard, where there was an idol that disgusted the LORD and made him furious.

Leviticus 19:4

(SEE 19:3)

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Numbers 12:8

He sees me face to face, and everything I say to him is perfectly clear. You have no right to criticize my servant Moses."

Acts 17:29

Since we are God's children, we must not think that he is like an idol made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn't like anything that humans have thought up and made.

Romans 1:23

They don't worship the glorious and eternal God. Instead, they worship idols that are made to look like humans who cannot live forever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.

Deuteronomy 16:22

And don't set up a sacred stone! The LORD hates these things.

Deuteronomy 27:15

(SEE 27:14)

Deuteronomy 5:8

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.

Revelation 16:2

The first angel emptied his bowl on the earth. At once ugly and painful sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshiped the idol.

Revelation 9:20

The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshiping demons. They kept on worshiping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk.

Judges 17:3

Micah returned the silver to his mother, and she said, "I give this silver to the LORD, so my son can use it to make an idol." Turning to her son, she said, "Micah, now the silver belongs to you." But Micah handed it back to his mother. She took two hundred pieces of the silver and gave them to a silver worker, who made them into an idol. They kept the idol in Micah's house.