Dan. 3:1‑7,8‑18• 1{i}Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.{/i}
2{i}And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.{/i}
3{i}Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.{/i}
4{i}And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,{/i}
5{i}that at what time ye hear{/i} the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer{i}, and all kinds of music, ye{/i} fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
6{i}and{/i} whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7Therefore, at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews.
9{i}They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!{/i}
10{i}Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of{/i} the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;{/i}
11{i}and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace{/i}.
12There are certain Jews, whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
13Then Nebuchadnezzar, in his rage and fury, commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. {i}Then were these men brought before the king{/i}.
14{i}Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them{/i}, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music{/i}, ye fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16{i}Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king{/i}, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17If it be so, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:1‑7,8‑18)
Acts 19:24‑28• 24For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans,
25whom he gathered together with the workmen of like nature, and said, Men, ye are aware that we have our prosperity from this business.
26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
27Now, not only is there danger for us that this trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that even she should be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world revereth.
28And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. (Acts 19:24‑28)