Exodus 20:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Do not make an idol  for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:1

‘Do not make worthless idols for yourselves,  set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 5:8

Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Leviticus 19:4

Do not turn to worthless idols  or make cast images  of gods for yourselves;  I am the Lord your God.

Acts 17:29

Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

Deuteronomy 27:15

“The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.” And all the people will reply, “Amen! ”

Revelation 16:2

The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores  broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped its image.

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

Isaiah 45:16

All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; the makers of idols go in humiliation together.

Isaiah 42:8

I am the Lord. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.

Ezekiel 8:10

I went in and looked, and there engraved all round the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing #– #crawling creatures and beasts #– #as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.

Revelation 9:20

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands  to stop worshipping demons  and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood,  which cannot see, hear, or walk.

Isaiah 42:17

They will be turned back and utterly ashamed – those who trust in an idol and say to a cast image, “You are our gods! ”

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh  set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s temple  that God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: ‘I will establish my name for ever  , in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 12:28

So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods  who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’

Exodus 34:17

‘Do not make cast images  of gods for yourselves.

Exodus 32:1

When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered round Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make gods  for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt #– #we don’t know what has happened to him! ’

Exodus 32:23

They said to me, “Make gods for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt #– #we don’t know what has happened to him! ”

Exodus 32:8

They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, “Israel, these are your gods, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” ’

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him   directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the  Lord. So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ’

Judges 17:3

He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, ‘I personally consecrate  the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image and a silver idol.  I will give it back to you.’

2 Kings 17:12

They served idols, although the Lord had told them, ‘You must not do this.’

Ezekiel 8:3

He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God  to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy  was located.

Ezekiel 20:7

I also said to them, ‘Throw away, each of you, the abhorrent things that you prize,  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.  I am the Lord your God.’

Exodus 20:23

Do not make gods of silver to rival me; do not make gods of gold for yourselves.

Exodus 32:4

He took the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf. Then they said, ‘Israel, these are your gods,  who brought you up from the land of Egypt! ’

Deuteronomy 16:22

and do not set up a sacred pillar; the Lord your God hates them.