Verse 4

Thou shalt not make{H6213} unto thee a graven image,{H6459} nor any likeness{H8544} [of any thing] that{H834} is in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} or that is in the earth{H776} beneath, or that is in the water{H4325} under the earth:{H776}

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:1 : 1 Ye shall make{H6213} you no idols,{H457} neither shall ye rear you up{H6965} a graven image,{H6459} or a pillar,{H4676} neither shall ye place{H5414} any figured{H4906} stone{H68} in your land,{H776} to bow down{H7812} unto it: for I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}
  • Deut 4:15-19 : 15 Take ye therefore good{H3966} heed{H8104} unto yourselves;{H5315} for ye saw{H7200} no manner of form{H8544} on the day{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto you in Horeb{H2722} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire.{H784} 16 Lest ye corrupt{H7843} yourselves, and make{H6213} you a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of any figure,{H5566} the likeness{H8403} of male{H2145} or female,{H5347} 17 the likeness{H8403} of any beast{H929} that is on the earth,{H776} the likeness{H8403} of any winged{H3671} bird{H6833} that flieth{H5774} in the heavens,{H8064} 18 the likeness{H8403} of anything that creepeth{H7430} on the ground,{H127} the likeness{H8403} of any fish{H1710} that is in the water{H4325} under{H8478} the earth;{H776} 19 and lest thou lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto heaven,{H8064} and when thou seest{H7200} the sun{H8121} and the moon{H3394} and the stars,{H3556} even all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} thou be drawn{H5080} away and worship{H7812} them, and serve{H5647} them, which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath allotted{H2505} unto all the peoples{H5971} under the whole heaven.{H8064}
  • Ps 97:7 : 7 Let all them be put to shame{H954} that serve{H5647} graven images,{H6459} That boast{H1984} themselves of idols:{H457} Worship{H7812} him, all ye gods.{H430}
  • Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} that maketh{H6213} a graven{H6459} or molten image,{H4541} an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the work{H4639} of the hands{H3027} of the craftsman,{H2796} and setteth{H7760} it up in secret.{H5643} And all the people{H5971} shall answer{H6030} and say,{H559} Amen.{H543}
  • Lev 19:4 : 4 Turn{H6437} ye not unto idols,{H457} nor make{H6213} to yourselves molten{H4541} gods:{H430} I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Being{G5225} then{G3767} the offspring{G1085} of God,{G2316} we ought{G3784} not{G3756} to think that{G3543} the Godhead{G2304} is{G1511} like unto{G3664} gold,{G5557} or{G2228} silver,{G696} or{G2228} stone,{G3037} graven{G5480} by art{G5078} and{G2532} device{G1761} of man.{G444}
  • Isa 45:16 : 16 They shall be put to shame,{H3637} yea, confounded,{H954} all of them; they shall go{H1980} into confusion{H3639} together{H3162} that are makers{H2796} of idols.{H6736}
  • Rev 14:9-9 : 9 And{G2532} another angel,{G32} a third,{G5154} followed{G190} them,{G846} saying{G3004} with{G1722} a great{G3173} voice,{G5456} If{G1487} any man{G5100} worshippeth{G4352} the beast{G2342} and{G2532} his{G846} image,{G1504} and{G2532} receiveth{G2983} a mark{G5480} on{G1909} his{G846} forehead,{G3359} or{G2228} upon{G1909} his{G846} hand,{G5495} 10 {G2532} he{G846} also shall drink{G4095} of{G1537} the wine{G3631} of the wrath{G2372} of God,{G2316} which{G3588} is prepared{G2767} unmixed{G194} in{G1722} the cup{G4221} of his{G846} anger;{G3709} and{G2532} he shall be tormented{G928} with{G1722} fire{G4442} and{G2532} brimstone{G2303} in the presence{G1799} of the holy{G40} angels,{G32} and{G2532} in the presence of{G1799} the Lamb:{G721} 11 and{G2532} the smoke{G2586} of their{G846} torment{G929} goeth up{G305} for{G1519} ever{G165} and ever;{G165} and{G2532} they have{G2192} no{G3756} rest{G372} day{G2250} and{G2532} night,{G3571} they{G3588} that worship{G4352} the beast{G2342} and{G2532} his{G846} image,{G1504} and{G2532} whoso{G1536} receiveth{G2983} the mark{G5480} of his{G846} name.{G3686}
  • Rev 16:2 : 2 And{G2532} the first{G4413} went,{G565} and{G2532} poured out{G1632} his{G846} bowl{G5357} into{G1909} the earth;{G1093} and{G2532} it became{G1096} a noisome{G2556} and{G2532} grievous{G4190} sore{G1668} upon{G1519} the men{G444} that{G3588} had{G2192} the mark{G5480} of the beast,{G2342} and{G2532} that worshipped{G4352} his{G846} image.{G1504}
  • 1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Whereupon the king{H4428} took counsel,{H3289} and made{H6213} two{H8147} calves{H5695} of gold;{H2091} and he said{H559} unto them, It is too much{H7227} for you to go up{H5927} to Jerusalem:{H3389} behold thy gods,{H430} O Israel,{H3478} which brought thee up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • 2 Chr 33:7 : 7 And he set{H7760} the graven image{H6459} of the idol,{H5566} which he had made,{H6213} in the house{H1004} of God,{H430} of which God{H430} said{H559} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son,{H1121} In this house,{H1004} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} which I have chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} will I put{H7760} my name{H8034} for ever:{H5865}
  • Acts 19:26-35 : 26 And{G2532} ye see{G2334} and{G2532} hear,{G191} that{G3754} not{G3756} alone{G3440} at Ephesus,{G2181} but{G235} almost{G4975} throughout{G1223} all{G3956} Asia,{G773} this{G3778} Paul{G3972} hath persuaded{G3982} and turned away{G3179} much{G2425} people,{G3793} saying{G3004} that{G3754} they are{G1526} no{G3756} gods,{G2316} that are{G1526} made{G1096} with hands:{G5495} 27 and{G1161} not{G3756} only{G3440} is there danger{G2793} that{G1161} this{G5124} our{G2254} trade{G3313} come{G2064} into{G1519} disrepute;{G557} but{G235} also{G2532} that the{G3588} temple{G2411} of the great{G3173} goddess{G2299} Diana{G735} be made of no account,{G1161} and{G2532} that she should even be deposed{G2507} from{G2532} her{G846} magnificence{G3168} whom{G3739} all{G3650} Asia{G773} and{G2532} the world{G3625} worshippeth.{G4576} 28 And{G1161} when they heard{G191} this they were{G1096} filled{G4134} with wrath,{G2372} and{G2532} cried out,{G2896} saying,{G3004} Great{G3173} is Diana{G735} of the Ephesus.{G2180} 29 And{G2532} the{G3650} city{G4172} was filled{G4130} with the confusion:{G4799} and{G5037} they rushed{G3729} with one accord{G3661} into{G1519} the theatre,{G2302} having seized{G4884} Gaius{G1050} and{G2532} Aristarchus,{G708} men of Macedonia,{G3110} Paul's{G3972} companions in travel.{G4898} 30 And{G1161} when Paul{G3972} was minded{G1014} to enter in{G1525} unto{G1519} the people,{G1218} the disciples{G3101} suffered{G1439} him{G846} not.{G3756} 31 And{G1161} certain{G5100} also of the Asiarchs,{G775} being{G5607} his{G846} friends,{G5384} sent{G3992} unto{G4314} him{G846} and besought{G3870} him{G846} not{G3361} to adventure himself{G1438} into{G1519} the theatre.{G2302} 32 Some{G243} therefore{G3767} cried one thing,{G2896} and{G3303} some{G243} another:{G5100} for{G1063} the assembly{G1577} was{G2258} in confusion;{G4797} and{G2532} the more part{G4119} knew{G1492} not{G3756} {G5101} wherefore{G1752} they were come together.{G4905} 33 And{G1161} they brought{G4264} Alexander{G223} out of{G1537} the multitude,{G3793} the Jews{G2453} putting{G4261} him{G846} forward.{G4261} And{G1161} Alexander{G223} beckoned{G2678} with the hand,{G5495} and would have{G2309} made a defense{G626} unto the people.{G1218} 34 But{G1161} when they perceived{G1921} that{G3754} he was{G2076} a Jew,{G1537} all{G3956} with{G1096} one{G1520} voice{G5456} about the space{G5613} of{G1909} two{G1417} hours{G5610} cried out,{G2896} Great{G3173} is Diana{G735} of the Ephesians.{G2180} 35 And{G1161} when the townclerk{G1122} had quieted{G2687} the multitude,{G3793} he saith,{G5346} Ye men{G435} of Ephesus,{G1063} what{G5101} man{G444} is there{G2076} who{G3739} knoweth{G1097} not{G3756} that{G3739} the city{G4172} of the Ephesians{G2180} is{G5607} temple-keeper{G3511} of the great{G3173} Diana,{G735} and{G2532} of the{G1356} [image] which fell down from Jupiter?{G1356}
  • Rom 1:23 : 23 and{G2532} changed{G236} the glory{G1391} of the incorruptible{G862} God{G2316} for{G1722} the likeness of an image{G1504} of{G3667} corruptible{G5349} man,{G444} and{G2532} of birds,{G4071} and{G2532} four-footed beasts,{G5074} and{G2532} creeping things.{G2062}
  • Rev 9:20 : 20 And{G2532} the rest{G3062} of mankind,{G444} who{G3739} were{G615} not{G3756} killed{G615} with{G1722} these{G3778} plagues,{G4127} repented{G3340} not{G3756} of{G1537} the works{G2041} of their{G846} hands,{G5495} that{G2443} they should{G4352} not{G3361} worship{G4352} demons,{G1140} and{G2532} the idols{G1497} of gold,{G5552} and{G2532} of silver,{G693} and{G2532} of brass,{G5470} and{G2532} of stone,{G3035} and{G2532} of wood;{G3585} which{G3739} can{G1410} neither{G3777} see,{G991} nor{G3777} hear,{G191} nor{G3777} walk:{G4043}
  • Rev 13:14-15 : 14 And{G2532} he deceiveth{G4105} them that dwell{G2730} on{G1909} the earth{G1093} by{G1223} reason of the signs{G4592} which{G3739} it was given{G1325} him{G846} to do{G4160} in the sight{G1799} of the beast;{G2342} saying{G3004} to them that dwell{G2730} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} that they should make{G4160} an image{G1504} to the beast{G2342} who{G3739} hath{G2192} the stroke{G4127} of the sword{G3162} and{G2532} lived.{G2198} 15 And{G2532} it was given{G1325} [unto him]{G846} to give{G1325} breath{G4151} to it, [even] to the image{G1504} to the beast,{G2342} that{G2443} the image{G1504} of the beast{G2342} should{G2980} both{G2532} speak,{G2980} and{G2532} cause{G4160} that{G2443} as{G302} many{G3745} as{G302} should not{G3361} worship{G4352} the image{G1504} of the beast{G2342} should be killed.{G615}
  • Isa 46:5-8 : 5 To whom will ye like{H1819} me, and make me equal,{H7737} and compare{H4911} me, that we may be like?{H1819} 6 Such as lavish{H2107} gold{H2091} out of the bag,{H3599} and weigh{H8254} silver{H3701} in the balance,{H7070} they hire{H7936} a goldsmith,{H6884} and he maketh{H6213} it a god;{H410} they fall down,{H5456} yea, they worship.{H7812} 7 They bear{H5375} it upon the shoulder,{H3802} they carry{H5445} it, and set it in its place,{H3240} and it standeth,{H5975} from its place{H4725} shall it not remove:{H4185} yea, one may cry{H6817} unto it, yet can it not answer,{H6030} nor save{H3467} him out of his trouble.{H6869} 8 Remember{H2142} this, and show yourselves men;{H377} bring it again{H7725} to mind,{H3820} O ye transgressors.{H6586}
  • Jer 10:3-5 : 3 For the customs{H2708} of the peoples{H5971} are vanity;{H1892} for one cutteth{H3772} a tree{H6086} out of the forest,{H3293} the work{H4639} of the hands{H3027} of the workman{H2796} with the axe.{H4621} 4 They deck{H3302} it with silver{H3701} and with gold;{H2091} they fasten{H2388} it with nails{H4548} and with hammers,{H4717} that it move{H6328} not. 5 They are like{H4749} a palm-tree,{H8560} of turned work, and speak{H1696} not: they must needs{H5375} be borne,{H5375} because they cannot go.{H6805} Be not afraid{H3372} of them; for they cannot do evil,{H7489} neither is it in them to do good.{H3190}
  • Jer 10:8-9 : 8 But they are together{H259} brutish{H1197} and foolish:{H3688} the instruction{H4148} of idols!{H6086} it is but a stock.{H6086} 9 There is silver{H3701} beaten into plates,{H7554} which is brought{H935} from Tarshish,{H8659} and gold{H2091} from Uphaz,{H210} the work{H4639} of the artificer{H2796} and of the hands{H3027} of the goldsmith;{H6884} blue{H8504} and purple{H713} for their clothing;{H3830} they are all the work{H4639} of skilful{H2450} men.
  • Jer 10:14-16 : 14 Every man{H120} is become brutish{H1197} and is without knowledge;{H1847} every goldsmith{H6884} is put to shame{H3001} by his graven image;{H5262} for his molten image{H5262} is falsehood,{H8267} and there is no breath{H7307} in them. 15 They are vanity,{H1892} a work{H4639} of delusion:{H8595} in the time{H6256} of their visitation{H6486} they shall perish.{H6} 16 The portion{H2506} of Jacob{H3290} is not like these; for he is the former{H3335} of all things; and Israel{H3478} is the tribe{H7626} of his inheritance:{H5159} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name.{H8034}
  • Ezek 8:10 : 10 So I went in{H935} and saw;{H7200} and behold, every form{H8403} of creeping things,{H7431} and abominable{H8263} beasts,{H929} and all the idols{H1544} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} portrayed{H2707} upon the wall{H7023} round about.{H5439}
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols{H6091} are silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} The work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands.{H3027} 5 They have mouths,{H6310} but they speak{H1696} not; Eyes{H5869} have they, but they see{H7200} not; 6 They have ears,{H241} but they hear{H8085} not; Noses{H639} have they, but they smell{H7306} not; 7 They have hands,{H3027} but they handle{H4184} not; Feet{H7272} have they, but they walk{H1980} not; Neither speak{H1897} they through their throat.{H1627} 8 They that make{H6213} them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth{H982} in them.
  • Ps 135:15-18 : 15 The idols{H6091} of the nations{H1471} are silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} The work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands.{H3027} 16 They have mouths,{H6310} but they speak{H1696} not; Eyes{H5869} have they, but they see{H7200} not; 17 They have ears,{H241} but they hear{H238} not; Neither is there{H3426} any breath{H7307} in their mouths.{H6310} 18 They that make{H6213} them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth{H982} in them.
  • Isa 40:18-20 : 18 To whom then will ye liken{H1819} God?{H410} or what likeness{H1823} will ye compare{H6186} unto him? 19 The image,{H6459} a workman{H2796} hath cast{H5258} [it], and the goldsmith{H6884} overlayeth{H7554} it with gold,{H2091} and casteth{H6884} [for it] silver{H3701} chains.{H7577} 20 He that is too impoverished{H5533} for [such] an oblation{H8641} chooseth{H977} a tree{H6086} that will not rot;{H7537} he seeketh{H1245} unto him a skilful{H2450} workman{H2796} to set{H3559} up a graven image,{H6459} that shall not be moved.{H4131}
  • Isa 42:8 : 8 I am Jehovah,{H3068} that is my name;{H8034} and my glory{H3519} will I not give{H5414} to another,{H312} neither my praise{H8416} unto graven images.{H6456}
  • Isa 42:17 : 17 They shall be turned{H5472} back,{H268} they shall be utterly{H1322} put to shame,{H954} that trust{H982} in graven images,{H6459} that say{H559} unto molten images,{H4541} Ye are our gods.{H430}
  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 They that fashion{H3335} a graven image{H6459} are all of them vanity;{H8414} and the things{H2530} that they delight in shall not profit;{H3276} and their own witnesses{H5707} see{H7200} not, nor know:{H3045} that they may be put to shame.{H954} 10 Who hath fashioned{H3335} a god,{H410} or molten{H5258} an image{H6459} that is profitable{H3276} for nothing?{H1115} 11 Behold, all his fellows{H2270} shall be put to shame;{H954} and the workmen,{H2796} they are of men:{H120} let them all be gathered together,{H6908} let them stand up;{H5975} they shall fear,{H6342} they shall be put to shame{H954} together.{H3162} 12 The smith{H1270} [maketh] an axe,{H4621} and worketh{H6466} in the coals,{H6352} and fashioneth{H3335} it with hammers,{H4717} and worketh{H6466} it with his strong{H3581} arm:{H2220} yea, he is hungry,{H7457} and his strength{H3581} faileth;{H369} he drinketh{H8354} no water,{H4325} and is faint.{H3286} 13 The carpenter{H2796} stretcheth out{H5186} a line;{H8279} he marketh it out{H8388} with a pencil;{H8279} he shapeth{H6213} it with planes,{H4741} and he marketh it out{H8388} with the compasses,{H4230} and shapeth{H6213} it after the figure{H8403} of a man,{H376} according to the beauty{H8597} of a man,{H120} to dwell{H3427} in a house.{H1004} 14 He heweth him down{H3772} cedars,{H730} and taketh{H3947} the holm-tree{H8645} and the oak,{H437} and strengtheneth{H553} for himself one among the trees{H6086} of the forest:{H3293} he planteth{H5193} a fir-tree,{H766} and the rain{H1653} doth nourish{H1431} it. 15 Then shall it be for a man{H120} to burn;{H1197} and he taketh{H3947} thereof, and warmeth{H2552} himself; yea, he kindleth{H5400} it, and baketh{H644} bread:{H3899} yea, he maketh{H6466} a god,{H410} and worshippeth{H7812} it; he maketh{H6213} it a graven image,{H6459} and falleth down{H5456} thereto. 16 He burneth{H8313} part{H2677} thereof in{H1119} the fire;{H784} with part{H2677} thereof he eateth{H398} flesh;{H1320} he roasteth{H6740} roast,{H6748} and is satisfied;{H7646} yea, he warmeth{H2552} himself, and saith,{H559} Aha,{H1889} I am warm,{H2552} I have seen{H7200} the fire.{H217} 17 And the residue{H7611} thereof he maketh{H6213} a god,{H410} even his graven image;{H6459} he falleth down{H5456} unto it and worshippeth,{H7812} and prayeth{H6419} unto it, and saith,{H559} Deliver{H5337} me; for thou art my god.{H410} 18 They know{H3045} not, neither do they consider:{H995} for he hath shut{H2902} their eyes,{H5869} that they cannot see;{H7200} and their hearts,{H3826} that they cannot understand.{H7919} 19 And none calleth{H7725} to mind,{H3820} neither is there knowledge{H1847} nor understanding{H8394} to say,{H559} I have burned{H8313} part{H2677} of it in{H1119} the fire;{H784} yea, also I have baked{H644} bread{H3899} upon the coals{H1513} thereof; I have roasted{H6740} flesh{H1320} and eaten{H398} it: and shall I make{H6213} the residue{H3499} thereof an abomination?{H8441} shall I fall down{H5456} to the stock{H944} of a tree?{H6086} 20 He feedeth{H7462} on ashes;{H665} a deceived{H2048} heart{H3820} hath turned him aside;{H5186} and he cannot deliver{H5337} his soul,{H5315} nor say,{H559} Is there not a lie{H8267} in my right hand?{H3225}
  • Deut 4:23-25 : 23 Take heed{H8104} unto yourselves, lest ye forget{H7911} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} which he made{H3772} with you, and make{H6213} you a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of anything{H3605} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath forbidden{H6680} thee. 24 For Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} is a devouring{H398} fire,{H784} a jealous{H7067} God.{H430} 25 When thou shalt beget{H3205} children,{H1121} and children's{H1121} children,{H1121} and ye shall have been long{H3462} in the land,{H776} and shall corrupt{H7843} yourselves, and make{H6213} a graven image{H6459} in the form{H8544} of anything, and shall do{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to provoke him to anger;{H3707}
  • Exod 32:1 : 1 And when the people{H5971} saw{H7200} that Moses{H4872} delayed{H954} to come down{H3381} from the mount,{H2022} the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H6950} unto Aaron,{H175} and said{H559} unto him, Up,{H6965} make{H6213} us gods,{H430} which shall go{H3212} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses,{H4872} the man{H376} that brought{H5927} us up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} we know{H3045} not what is become of him.
  • Exod 32:8 : 8 they have turned{H5493} aside quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which I commanded{H6680} them: they have made{H6213} them a molten{H4541} calf,{H5695} and have worshipped{H7812} it, and have sacrificed{H2076} unto it, and said,{H559} These are thy gods,{H430} O Israel,{H3478} which brought thee up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Exod 32:23 : 23 For they said{H559} unto me, Make{H6213} us gods,{H430} which shall go{H3212} before{H6440} us; for as for this Moses,{H4872} the man{H376} that brought us up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} we know{H3045} not what is become of him.
  • Exod 34:17 : 17 Thou shalt make{H6213} thee no molten{H4541} gods.{H430}
  • Deut 5:8 : 8 Thou shalt not make{H6213} unto thee a graven image,{H6459} [nor] any likeness{H8544} [of anything] that is in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} or that is in the earth{H776} beneath, or that is in the water{H4325} under the earth:{H776}