Acts 19:26 Cross References

Acts 19:26

26: 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!

1 Corinthians 8:4

  1. 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.

Isaiah 44:10

  1. Who but a fool would make his own god--an idol that cannot help him one bit!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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!
  5. He cuts down cedars; he selects the cypress and the oak; he plants the cedar in the forest to be nourished by the rain.

Acts 17:29

  1. And since this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

Jeremiah 10:14

  1. 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.
  2. Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:11

  1. 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."

Deuteronomy 4:28

  1. There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone, gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Acts 19:10

  1. This went on for the next two years, so that people throughout the province of Asia--both Jews and Greeks--heard the Lord's message.

Acts 14:15

  1. "Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings like yourselves! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Revelation 9:20

  1. But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to turn from their evil deeds. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood--idols that neither see nor hear nor walk!

Jeremiah 10:3

  1. Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree and carve an idol.
  2. They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won't fall over.
  3. There stands their god like a helpless scarecrow in a garden! It cannot speak, and it needs to be carried because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good."
  4. LORD, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.

Galatians 4:8

  1. Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

  1. for they themselves keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the true and living God.

Hosea 8:6

  1. This calf you worship was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.

1 Corinthians 16:8

  1. In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost,
  2. for there is a wide-open door for a great work here, and many people are responding. But there are many who oppose me.

1 Corinthians 12:2

  1. You know that when you were still pagans you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.

Psalms 115:4

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

1 Corinthians 10:19

  1. What am I trying to say? Am I saying that the idols to whom the pagans bring sacrifices are real gods and that these sacrifices are of some value?
  2. No, not at all. What I am saying is that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don't want any of you to be partners with demons.

Isaiah 46:5

  1. "To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
  2. Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!
  3. They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It cannot even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It has no power to get anyone out of trouble.
  4. "Do not forget this, you guilty ones.

Psalms 135:15

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

Acts 19:18

  1. Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices.
  2. A number of them who had been practicing magic brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.
  3. So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect.

Acts 18:19

  1. When they arrived at the port of Ephesus, Paul left the others behind. But while he was there, he went to the synagogue to debate with the Jews.
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