Exodus 20:4-6
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 “(A)You shall not make for yourself [a]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 5 (B)You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a (C)jealous God, (D)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing lovingkindness to (E)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
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- Exodus 20:4 Or a graven image
Leviticus 26:1
New American Standard Bible 1995
Blessings of Obedience
26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves [a](A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (B)an image or (C)a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down [b]to it; for I am the Lord your God.
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- Leviticus 26:1 Or graven images
- Leviticus 26:1 Lit over
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
15 “So (A)watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any (B)form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do not (C)act corruptly and (D)make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of (E)any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth.
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Deuteronomy 27:15
New American Standard Bible 1995
15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes [a](A)an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And (B)all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
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- Deuteronomy 27:15 Or a graven image
Psalm 97:7
New American Standard Bible 1995
7 Let all those be ashamed who serve (A)graven images,
Who boast themselves of (B)idols;
[a](C)Worship Him, all you [b]gods.
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- Psalm 97:7 Or All the gods have worshiped Him
- Psalm 97:7 Or supernatural powers
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