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Ex. 20:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graveng image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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Lev. 26:1• ¹Ye shall make yourselves no idols, nor rear 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. (Lev. 26:1)

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Deut. 4:16• ¹⁶{i}lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,{/i} (Deut. 4:16)

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Ex. 32:1,8,23• ¹{i}And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, —we do not know what is become of him!{/i}
⁸{i}They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!{/i}
²³{i}And they said to me, Make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!{/i} (Ex. 32:1,8,23)

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Ex. 34:17• ¹⁷{i}—Thou shalt make thyself no molten gods.{/i} (Ex. 34:17)

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Lev. 19:4• ⁴Ye shall not turn to idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:4)

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Lev. 26:1• ¹Ye shall make yourselves no idols, nor rear 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. (Lev. 26:1)

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Deut. 4:15‑19,23‑25• ¹⁵{i}And take great heed to your souls (for ye saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire),{/i}
¹⁶{i}lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,{/i}
¹⁷{i}the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,{/i}
¹⁸{i}the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;{/i}
¹⁹{i}and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.{/i}
²³{i}Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.{/i}
²⁴{i}For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.{/i}
²⁵{i}When thou begettest sons, and sons' sons, and ye have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger,{/i} (Deut. 4:15‑19,23‑25)

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Deut. 5:8• ⁸{i}Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:{/i} (Deut. 5:8)

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Deut. 27:15• ¹⁵Cursed, {i}be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.{/i} (Deut. 27:15)

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1 Kings 12:28• ²⁸Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (1 Kings 12:28)

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2 Chron. 33:7• ⁷{i}And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;{/i} (2 Chron. 33:7)

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Psa. 97:7• ⁷Ashamed be all that serve graven images,{HR}That boast themselves of idols!{HR}Worship him, all ye gods ! (Psa. 97:7)

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Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 135:15‑18• ¹⁵Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
¹⁶A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
¹⁷Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth.
¹⁸Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:15‑18)

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Isa. 40:18‑20• ¹⁸To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
¹⁹The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
²⁰He that [is] impoverished so that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image [that] shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:18‑20)

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Isa. 42:8,17• ⁸I [am] Jehovah; that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
¹⁷They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, [Ye are] our gods. (Isa. 42:8,17)

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen [are] but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
¹³The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with chalk; he fitteth it with adzes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to remain in the house.
¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
¹⁷And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9‑20)

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Isa. 45:16• ¹⁶They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together [that are] makers of idols. (Isa. 45:16)

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Isa. 46:5‑8• ⁵To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
⁶Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
⁸Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:5‑8)

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Jer. 10:3‑5,8‑9,14‑16• ³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
⁸{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i}
⁹{i}Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.{/i}
¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:3‑5,8‑9,14‑16)

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Ezek. 8:10• ¹⁰So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. (Ezek. 8:10)

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Acts 17:29• ²⁹Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:29)

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Acts 19:26‑35• 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.
²⁹And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre,
³⁰having seized together Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
³¹And when Paul was minded to enter unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And some of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sent unto him and urged him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
³²Different ones therefore kept crying somewhat different things; for the assembly was in confusion, and the mass knew not wherefore they were come together.
³³And from the crowd they instructed Alexander, the Jews putting him forward; and Alexander waving his hand wished to make defence to the people.
³⁴But when they came to know he was a Jew, one shout arose from all, crying for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians.
³⁵And the town clerk after stilling the crowd, says, Ephesians, which of men is he who knoweth not that the city of [the] Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of what fell from the sky? (Acts 19:26‑35)

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Rom. 1:23• ²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures]. (Rom. 1:23)

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Rev. 9:20• ²⁰And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk; (Rev. 9:20)

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Rev. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Rev. 13:14‑15)

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Rev. 14:9‑11• ⁹And another, a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If Anyone worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead or upon his hand,
¹⁰even he shall drink of the wine of the indignation of God that is mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb:
¹¹and the smoke of their torment riseth up unto the ages of the ages; and they have no rest day and night, that worship the beast and his image, and if Anyone receiveth the mark of his name. (Rev. 14:9‑11)

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Rev. 16:2• ²And the first went away and poured out his bowl unto the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and {i}upon{/i} those that worshipped his image. (Rev. 16:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)