Daniel 3:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

King Nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built twenty-seven metres high and nearly three metres wide. He had it set up in Dura Valley near the city of Babylon,

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 any more. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.”

Esther 1:1

King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa and ruled one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.

Psalm 135:15

Idols of silver and gold are made and worshipped in other nations.

Exodus 20:23

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

Exodus 32:31

Moses returned to the LORD and said, “The people have committed a terrible sin. They have made a gold idol to be their god.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day everyone will throw to the rats and bats their idols of silver and gold they made to worship.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like rubbish; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

Isaiah 46:6

Some people hire a goldsmith and give silver and gold to be formed into an idol for them to worship.

Jeremiah 10:9

Idols are made by humans. A carver shapes the wood. A metalworker hammers out a covering of gold from Uphaz or of silver from Tarshish. Then the idol is dressed in blue and purple clothes.

Jeremiah 16:20

worthless idols made by human hands.”

Daniel 2:48

The king then presented Daniel with a lot of gifts; he promoted him to governor of Babylon Province and put him in charge of the other wise men.

Daniel 2:49

At Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to high positions in Babylon Province, and he let Daniel stay on as a palace official.

Daniel 3:14

“I hear that you refuse to worship my gods and the gold statue I have set up.

Daniel 3:30

After this happened, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in Babylon Province.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

Hosea 2:8

She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshipping Baal.

Hosea 8:4

You chose kings and leaders without consulting me; you made silver and gold idols that led to your downfall.

Habakkuk 2:19

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”

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.

Acts 19:26

But you have seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.

Deuteronomy 7:25

After you conquer a nation, burn their idols. Don't get trapped into wanting the silver or gold on an idol. Even the metal on an idol is disgusting to the LORD,

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 worshipping demons. They kept on worshipping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk.