Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God. Ye shall Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God. Exodus 20:4,5,23 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. . . . Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues. Exodus 34:17 Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods. Deuteronomy 4:16-19 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, . . . Deuteronomy 5:8,9 Thou shalt not make to thy self a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth. . . . Deuteronomy 16:21,22 Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God: . . . Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen. Psalm 97:7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels: Psalm 115:4-8 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. . . . Isaiah 2:20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats. Isaiah 44:9-20 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed. . . . Isaiah 48:5-8 I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them. . . . Jeremiah 10:3-8 For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. . . . Acts 17:29 Being therefore the offspring of God, we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone, the graving of art and device of man. Romans 2:22,23 Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege: . . . 1 Corinthians 10:19,20 What then? Do I say that what is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? Or that the idol is any thing? . . . Revelation 13:14,15 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived. . . . Revelation 22:15 Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and servers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. standing image. Context The Blessings of Obedience1I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.2Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.… Cross References Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues. Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 25:55 For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. Numbers 33:52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: Beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places, Deuteronomy 4:16 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female, Deuteronomy 5:6 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Deuteronomy 5:8 Thou shalt not make to thy self a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth. Deuteronomy 16:21 Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God: Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shalt thou make nor set up to thyself a statue: which things the Lord thy God hateth. Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen. Psalm 78:58 They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things. Lexicon You must notלֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no make תַעֲשׂ֨וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make idols אֱלִילִ֗ם (’ĕ·lî·lim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 457: Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol for yourselves לָכֶ֜ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew or set up תָקִ֣ימוּ (ṯā·qî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand a carved image וּפֶ֤סֶל (ū·p̄e·sel) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6459: An idol, image or sacred pillar, וּמַצֵּבָה֙ (ū·maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4676: Something stationed, a column, an idol or place תִתְּנוּ֙ (ṯit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set a sculpted מַשְׂכִּ֗ית (maś·kîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4906: A showpiece, figure, imagination stone וְאֶ֣בֶן (wə·’e·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone in your land בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם (bə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land to bow down לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת (lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7812: To depress, prostrate to it, עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against for כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Additional Translations You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God. Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am Jehovah your God. Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God. "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God. Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God. 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