Romans 1:23

Conservative English Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 106:20

of a bull, instead of you, their glorious God.

Isaiah 40:18

Who compares with God? Is anything like him?

Isaiah 40:26

Look at the evening sky! Who created the stars? Who gave them each a name? Who leads them like an army? The LORD is so powerful that none of the stars are ever missing.

Isaiah 44:13

Some woodcarver measures a piece of wood, then draws an outline. The idol is carefully carved with each detail exact. At last it looks like a person and is placed in a temple.

Jeremiah 2:11

You will find that no nation has ever abandoned its gods even though they were false. I am the true and glorious God, but you have rejected me to worship idols.

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.

Acts 10:12

In it were all kinds of animals, snakes, and birds.

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 1:25

They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

Deuteronomy 5:8

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

1 Peter 4:3

You have already lived long enough like people who don't know God. You were immoral and followed your evil desires. You went around drinking and partying and carrying on. In fact, you even worshiped disgusting idols.

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.