1Chr 16:26 Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:26

26: The gods of other nations are merely idols, but the LORD made the heavens!

Do not put your trust in idols or make gods of metal for yourselves. I, the LORD, am your God.

In ages past you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

The LORD, your Redeemer and Creator, says: "I am the LORD, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. By myself I made the earth and everything in it.

God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath and life to everyone in all the world. And it is he who says,

But the LORD is the only true God, the living God. He is the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations hide before his wrath.
Say this to those who worship other gods: "Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth."
But God made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. He has stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
When he speaks, there is thunder in the heavens. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
Compared to him, all people are foolish and have no knowledge at all! They make idols, but the idols will disgrace their makers, for they are frauds. They have no life or power in them.

As you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren't gods at all. And this is happening not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!

"Fear God," he shouted. "Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the springs of water."

So now, what about it? Should we eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God and no other.

How foolish are those who manufacture idols to be their gods. These highly valued objects are really worthless. They themselves are witnesses that this is so, for their idols neither see nor know. No wonder those who worship them are put to shame.
Who but a fool would make his own god--an idol that cannot help him one bit!
All who worship idols will stand before the LORD in shame, along with all these craftsmen--mere humans--who claim they can make a god. Together they will stand in terror and shame.
The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool, pounding and shaping it with all his might. His work makes him hungry and thirsty, weak and faint.
Then the wood-carver measures and marks out a block of wood, takes the tool, and carves the figure of a man. Now he has a wonderful idol that cannot even move from where it is placed!

Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And he counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away.

Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
They cannot talk, though they have mouths, or see, though they have eyes!
They cannot hear with their ears, or smell with their noses,
or feel with their hands, or walk with their feet, or utter sounds with their throats!
And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

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