From Nave’s Topical Bible
Idol
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 29Passages listed
- 11Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Manufacture ofExodus 20:4Exodus 32:4Exodus 32:20Deuteronomy 4:23Isaiah 40:19Isaiah 40:20Isaiah 44:9–12Isaiah 44:17Habakkuk 2:18Acts 19:24Acts 19:25
- Manufacture of, forbiddenExodus 20:4Exodus 34:17
- Made of
- GoldExodus 32:3Exodus 32:4Psalms 115:4–7Psalms 135:15–17Isaiah 2:20Isaiah 30:22Isaiah 31:7Hosea 8:4
- SilverIsaiah 2:20Isaiah 30:22Isaiah 31:7Hosea 8:4
- Wood and stoneLeviticus 26:1Deuteronomy 4:282 Kings 19:18Isaiah 37:19Isaiah 41:6Isaiah 44:13–19Ezekiel 20:32
- Coverings ofIsaiah 30:22
- Prayer to, unanswered1 Kings 18:25–29Isaiah 16:12
- Things offered to, not to be eatenExodus 34:15
- See Iconoclasm
The passages, in Bible order (29)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Commentary on Exodus 20:42 voices
Concerning the third clause of the first commandment, in which God prohibits worshipping corporeal nature, the Jews say that we worship a morsel of bread; and this seems to them most absurd. But it must be understood that at the utterance of the word of …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 3, 1257Patristic
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 32:3
Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
Commentary on Exodus 32:32 voices
And all the people brake off the golden earrings, which were in their ears,.... The men took off their earrings, and persuaded their wives and children, or obliged them to part with theirs; though the Targum of Jonathan says the women refused to give their ornaments to their husbands, therefore all the people immediately broke off all the golden ornaments which were in their ears (x), so intent were they upon idolatry. This is to be understood not of every individual, but of the greatest part of the people; so apostle explains it of some of them, 1Co 10:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings - The human being is naturally fond of dress, though this has been improperly attributed to the female sex alone, and those are most fond of it who have the shallowest capacities; but on this occasion the bent of the people to idolatry was greater than even their love of dress, so that they readily stripped themselves of their ornaments in order to get a molten god. They made some compensation for this afterwards; see Exo 36:22, and See Clarkes note on Exo 38:9.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Commentary on Exodus 32:41 voice
Now this is the first lust which conquered the world, and because of it the first transgression of the law took place. It destroyed the people in the wilderness by penalties of all kinds; from the table of lust they rose up and worshipped a …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence, 523Patristic
- Exodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
Commentary on Exodus 32:201 voice
Moses ground the head of the golden calf to powder, and cast it into water, and made the people drink of it; for their heart was hardened by the greatness of their perfidy, and he did thus that it might be softened and made refined by faith. Lastly, that woman who grinds meal well and fine shall be taken, but she who grinds ill shall be left.
Ambrose of Milan· Letter 64.3, 397Patristic
- Exodus 34:15
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
Commentary on Exodus 34:151 voice
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 34:17
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
Commentary on Exodus 34:171 voice
"You shall make for yourself no molten gods." You see that he forbids the making of images because of idolatry and that it is impossible to make an image of the bodiless, invisible and uncircumscribed God. "You saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke.…" And St. Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, says, "Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man."
John Damascene· ON DIVINE IMAGES 8, 749Patristic
- Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Commentary on Leviticus 26:11 voice
For this reason, in order to root out the materials of idolatry, God's law proclaims, "You shall not make an idol"; and by adding, "Nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven or in the earth or in the sea," it utterly forbade such crafts to the servants of God. Enoch had anticipated this law when he prophesied that the demons and the spirits of the rebellious angels would turn to idolatry every element and property of the universe, everything which heaven and sea and earth contain, to be consecrated as a god against God.
Tertullian· ON IDOLATRY 4.1-2, 220Patristic
- Deuteronomy 4:23
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:231 voice
Take heed unto yourselves,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:281 voice
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,.... Idols made by men, cut out of wood and stone; these they should be enticed into the service of, or compelled to serve; which was still more brutish and stupid than to worship the sun, moon, and stars, which were not the works of men's hand, but the glorious works of the eternal God.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 18:25–29
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:25–291 voice
[Elijah] ordered [the prophets of Baal] to sacrifice first, in order that they might not have any excuse [by saying], "If we had sacrificed first, [Baal] would have accepted our sacrifice, but now he is angry with us, because we have sacrificed last." They planned …
Ishodad of Merv· BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 18:25, 850Patristic
- 2 Kings 19:18
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
Commentary on 2 Kings 19:182 voices
Have cast their gods into the fire - In general the Assyrians carried off the images of the gods from the temples of the conquered nations, and deposited them in their own shrines, as at once trophies of victory and proof of the superiority of the Assyrian deities over those of their enemies. But sometimes the gods are said to have been destroyed or burnt with fire; which was probably done when the idols were of rude workmanship or coarse material; and when it was inconvenient to encumber an army with spoils so weighty and difficult, of transport.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
Prayer sometimes brings the dead back to life, but sometimes it may slay the living, as happened with the godly Peter: he brought Tabitha back to life by prayer, but he effected the death of Ananias and Sapphira. Elisha, that spiritual man, brought to life …
Sahdona the Syrian· BOOK OF PERFECTION 41, 649Patristic
- Psalms 115:4–7
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Commentary on Psalms 115:4–71 voice
But this all inspired Scripture also teaches more plainly and with more authority, so that we in our turn write boldly to you as we do, and you, if you refer to Scripture, will be able to verify what we say. For an argument when confirmed by higher authority is irresistibly proved. From the first then the divine Word firmly taught the Jewish people about the abolition of idols when it said, "You shall not make for yourself a graven image or the likeness of anything that is in the heaven above or in the earth beneath."
Athanasius of Alexandria· Against the Heathen 45:2-3, 373Patristic
- Psalms 135:15–17
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Commentary on Psalms 135:15–171 voice
"I am the Lord your God. You shall not make for yourselves idols fashioned by the hand, neither set up a graven image. Nor shall you set up a remarkable stone in your land [to worship it]: I am the Lord your God." These words indeed were first spoken by the Lord by the lips of Moses, being applicable certainly to whomsoever the Lord God of Israel may lead forth in like manner from the Egypt of a most superstitious world and from the place of human slavery.
Tertullian· SCORPIACE 2, 220Patristic
- Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
Commentary on Isaiah 2:201 voice
(Verse 20.) Therefore cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for he is considered high. This was omitted by the LXX, and in the Greek copies it was added under asterisks by Origen from the edition of Aquila, which reads in Hebrew: Hedalu LachemMen Aadam Aser Nasama Baaphpho Chi Bama Nesab Hu. Where we said, he is considered high: Aquila interpreted it as, in whom he is considered high. The Hebrew word Bama (), or ὕψωμα in Greek, means 'high place' or 'exalted', which we read in both the Books of Kings and in Ezekiel.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 16:12
When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
Commentary on Isaiah 16:121 voice
(Verse 12) And it will be, when it appears that Moab has labored in vain for his heights, he will enter his holy places to seek guidance, but he will not prevail. It is the ultimate misery, to not have support from those whom he has always revered. 'Deserted,' he says, 'are your strengths, and with all defenders slain, you will turn to idols, you will worship shrines, but you will not find help in them, as the devastation that is common with you arrives.'
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Commentary on Isaiah 30:221 voice
And your teacher will not fly away from you anymore, and your eyes will see your instructor, and your ears will hear the word behind you, saying: This is the way, walk in it, neither to the right nor to the left. LXX: And those who deceive you will never come near you again, for your eyes will see those who have deceived you, and your ears will hear the words behind you of those who deceive, saying: This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic