Exodus 20:4
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 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:”Exodus 20:4
What Does Exodus 20:4 Mean?
Exodus 20:4 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 20, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 20:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 5:8“Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:”Deuteronomy 5:9“Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,”Leviticus 26:1“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.”Deuteronomy 4:15“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:”Psalms 97:7“Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.”Leviticus 19:4“Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.”Deuteronomy 27:15“Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.”Acts 17:29“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.”Revelation 16:2“And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.”Psalms 115:4“Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”Jeremiah 10:14“Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.”Isaiah 42:8“I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.”Isaiah 45:16“They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.”Jeremiah 10:8“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”Romans 1:23“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”Psalms 135:15“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”Isaiah 40:18“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”Ezekiel 8:10“So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.”Deuteronomy 4:23“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.”Isaiah 44:9“They 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.”
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