1 Kings 12:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 So the king sought advice.
Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God[a] who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”(A)
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- 1 Kings 12:28 Or here are your gods
Isaiah 46:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.(A)
Jeremiah 16:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.(A)
Hosea 2:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 She does not recognize(A)
that it is I who gave her the grain,(B)
the new wine, and the oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.
Hosea 8:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 They have installed kings,(A)
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold(B)
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.[a]
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- Hosea 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off
Habakkuk 2:19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
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