Deuteronomy 4:28

Easy To Read Version

There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that can’t see or hear or eat or smell!

Cross References

2 Kings 17:40

But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they did before.

Isaiah 26:14

Those dead \{lords {\cf2\super [243]} \} will not come to life.\par Those ghosts will not rise from death.\par You decided to destroy them.\par And you destroyed everything that makes us think about them.\par

Isaiah 44:11

Workers made those gods! And all those workers are people—\{not gods\}. If all of those people would come together \{and discuss these things\}, then they would all be ashamed and afraid.

Isaiah 44:12

One worker uses his tools to heat iron over hot coals. This man uses his hammer to beat the metal, and the metal becomes a statue. This man uses his own powerful arms. But when the man becomes hungry, he loses his power. If the man does not drink water, he becomes weak.

Isaiah 44:9

Some people make statues (false gods)—but they are worthless. People love those statues—but the statues are useless. Those people are the witnesses of the statues—but they can’t see. They know nothing—they don’t know enough to be ashamed \{of the things they do\}.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people have escaped from other nations. So gather together and come before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. These people pray to those useless gods. But the people don’t know what they are doing.

Isaiah 46:7

Those people put their false god on their shoulders and carry it. That false god is useless—people have to carry it! People set the statue on the ground; and that false god can’t move. That false god never walks away from its place. People can yell at it, but it will not answer. That false god is only a statue—it can’t save people from their troubles.

Jeremiah 10:3

The customs of other people\par are worth nothing.\par Their idols are nothing but wood\par from the forest.\par Their idols are made by a worker\par with his chisel.\par

Jeremiah 10:5

The idols of the other nations are like\par a scarecrow in a cucumber field.\par Those idols can’t walk.\par They can’t talk.\par And the people must carry them.\par So don’t be afraid of those idols.\par They can’t hurt you.\par

Jeremiah 10:9

They use silver from the city of Tarshish\par and gold from the city of Uphaz\par and make their statues.\par Carpenters and metal-workers make those idols.\par They put blue and purple clothes on those idols.\par “Wise men” make those “gods.”\par

Jeremiah 16:13

So I will throw you out of this country. I will force you to go to a foreign country. You will go to a land that you and your ancestors never knew. In that land you can serve false gods all you want to. I will not help you or show you any favors.’

Ezekiel 20:32

You keep saying you want to be like the other nations. You live like the people in other nations. You serve pieces of wood and stone (idols)!’”

Ezekiel 20:39

Now, family of Israel, the Lord my Master says these things, “If any person wants to worship his filthy idols, then let him go and worship them. But later, don’t think you will get any advice from me! You will not ruin my name any more! Not when you continue to give your gifts to your filthy idols.”

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing! Listen to what he is saying! Paul has influenced and changed many people. He has done this in Ephesus and all over the country of Asia. {\cf2\super [391]} Paul says the gods that men make are not real.

Acts 7:42

But God turned against them. God finished trying to stop them from worshiping the army \{of false gods\} in the sky. This is what is written in the book of the prophets {\cf2\super [142]} : God says,

Deuteronomy 28:36

“The Lord will send you and your king away to a nation you don’t know. You and your ancestors [183] have never seen that nation. There you will serve false gods made of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:64

The Lord will scatter you among all the people in the world. The Lord will scatter you from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve false gods made of wood and stone. They are false gods that you or your ancestors [188] never worshiped.

Deuteronomy 29:17

You saw their hated things—the idols [191] they had made from wood, stone, silver, and gold.

Revelation 9:20

The other people \{on the earth\} were not killed by these bad things. But these people still did not change their hearts and lives and turn away from the things they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons {\cf2\super [72]} and idols {\cf2\super [73]} made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk.

1 Samuel 26:19

My master and king, listen to me! If the Lord caused you to be angry at me, then let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry at me, then let the Lord cause bad things to happen to them. Men have forced me to leave the land the Lord gave me. Men have told me, ‘{Go live with the foreigners.} Go and serve other gods.’