Acts 19:26

New English Translation

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

Cross References

Jeremiah 10:11

You people of Israel should tell those nations this: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’

Hosea 8:6

That idol was made by a workman – it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Acts 17:29

So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Acts 18:19

When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

Acts 19:10

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 19:25

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

1 Corinthians 8:4

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.”

Galatians 4:8

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Revelation 9:20

The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.