Exodus 20:4

God's Word

Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said, “You’ve been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

2 Kings 17:12

They served idols, although the Lord had said, “Never do this.”

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh had a carved idol made. Then he set it up in God’s temple, where God had said to David and his son Solomon, “I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here forever.

Psalm 78:58

They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.

Psalm 97:7

Everyone who worships idols and brags about false gods will be put to shame. All the gods will bow to him.

Exodus 20:23

Never make any gods of silver or gold for yourselves. Never worship them.

Exodus 32:1

When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “We don’t know what has happened to this Moses, who led us out of Egypt. Make gods who will lead us.”

Exodus 32:23

They said to me, ‘We don’t know what’s happened to this Moses who brought us out of Egypt. Make gods for us. They will lead us.’

Exodus 32:4

After he had worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said, “Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

Exodus 32:8

They’ve already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made a statue of a calf for themselves. They’ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They’ve said, ‘Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

Exodus 34:17

“Never make an idol.

Isaiah 42:17

Then those who trust idols and those who say to statues, “You are our gods” will be turned away and put to shame.

Isaiah 42:8

I am the Lord; that is my name. I will not give my glory to anyone else or the praise I deserve to idols.

Isaiah 45:16

Those who make idols will be ashamed and disgraced. They will go away completely disgraced.

Ezekiel 20:7

I said to them, “Get rid of the detestable idols that you look to for help. Don’t dishonor yourselves with the disgusting idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 8:10

So I went in and looked. I saw that the walls were covered with drawings of every kind of crawling creature, every kind of disgusting animal, and all the idols in the nation of Israel.

Ezekiel 8:3

It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the temple. That was where an idol that stirs up ⌞God’s⌟ anger was located.

Leviticus 19:4

“Don’t turn to worthless gods or cast metal idols. Never make any gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:1

⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never make worthless idols or set up a carved statue or a sacred stone for yourselves. Never cut figures in stone to worship them in your country, because I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him face to face, plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of the Lord. Why weren’t you afraid to criticize my servant Moses?”

Acts 17:29

So if we are God’s children, we shouldn’t think that the divine being is like an image made from gold, silver, or stone, an image that is the product of human imagination and skill.

Romans 1:23

They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for statues that looked like mortal humans, birds, animals, and snakes.

Deuteronomy 16:22

Never set up a sacred stone. These are things the Lord your God hates.

Deuteronomy 27:15

“Whoever has a carved or metal statue, anything disgusting to the Lord that was made by a craftsman, and sets it up in secret will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.

Deuteronomy 5:8

Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

Revelation 16:2

The first angel poured his bowl over the earth. Horrible, painful sores appeared on the people who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue.

Revelation 9:20

The people who survived these plagues still did not turn to me and change the way they were thinking and acting. If they had, they would have stopped worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

Judges 17:3

So Micah gave the 1,100 pieces of silver back to his mother. Then his mother said, “I dedicate this silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit. I want to make a carved idol and a metal idol. So now I’m giving the silver back to you.”