Revelation 9:20 Cross References
Revelation 9:20
20: 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!
Daniel 5:23
- For you have defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone--gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
Deuteronomy 31:29
- I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the path I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will make the LORD very angry by doing what is evil in his sight."
1 Timothy 4:1
- Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons.
Acts 19:26
- 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!
Revelation 9:21
- And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their immorality or their thefts.
Acts 7:41
- So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and rejoiced in this thing they had made.
Romans 1:21
- Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
- Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
- And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
Jeremiah 15:19
- The LORD replied, "If you return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve me. If you speak words that are worthy, you will be my spokesman. You are to influence them; do not let them influence you!
- They will fight against you like an attacking army, but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall. They will not conquer you, for I will protect and deliver you. I, the LORD, have spoken!
2 Chronicles 34:25
- For the people of Judah have abandoned me and worshiped pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will be poured out against this place, and nothing will be able to stop it.'
Isaiah 46:5
- "To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
- 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!
- 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.
Psalms 135:15
- 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.
- And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
Jeremiah 8:4
- "Jeremiah, say to the people, `This is what the LORD says: When people fall down, don't they get up again? When they start down the wrong road and discover their mistake, don't they turn back?
- Then why do these people keep going along their self-destructive path, refusing to turn back, even though I have warned them?
- I listen to their conversations, and what do I hear? Is anyone sorry for sin? Does anyone say, "What a terrible thing I have done"? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse rushing into battle!
2 Corinthians 12:21
- Yes, I am afraid that when I come, God will humble me again because of you. And I will have to grieve because many of you who sinned earlier have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.
Jeremiah 44:8
- Why arouse my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:17
- 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.
Habakkuk 2:18
- "What have you gained by worshiping all your man-made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!
- How terrible it will be for you who beg lifeless wooden idols to save you. You ask speechless stone images to tell you what to do. Can an idol speak for God? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
- But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."
Deuteronomy 32:17
- They offered sacrifices to demons, non-gods, to gods they had not known before, to gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared.
Jeremiah 10:3
- Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree and carve an idol.
- They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won't fall over.
- 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."
Jeremiah 1:16
- I will pronounce judgment on my people for all their evil--for deserting me and worshiping other gods. Yes, they worship idols that they themselves have made!
Jeremiah 25:6
- Do not make me angry by worshiping the idols you have made. Then I will not harm you.'
Isaiah 44:9
- 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!
1 Corinthians 10:20
- 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.
- You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord's Table and at the table of demons, too.
Jeremiah 10:8
- The wisest of people who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!
- They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen who make their idols. Then they dress these gods in royal purple robes made by expert tailors.
Acts 17:29
- And since this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Psalms 106:37
- They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
Isaiah 40:19
- Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?
- Or is a poor person's wooden idol better? Can God be compared to an idol that must be placed on a stand so it won't fall down?
Jeremiah 10:14
- 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.
- Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.
Isaiah 42:17
- But those who trust in idols, calling them their gods--they will be turned away in shame.
- "Oh, how deaf and blind you are toward me! Why won't you listen? Why do you refuse to see?
2 Kings 22:17
- For my people have abandoned me and worshiped pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger is burning against this place, and it will not be quenched.'
Matthew 21:32
- For John the Baptist came and showed you the way to life, and you didn't believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to turn from your sins and believe him.
Psalms 115:4
- 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.
Jeremiah 5:3
- LORD, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to turn from sin. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.
Isaiah 41:7
- The craftsmen rush to make new idols. The carver hurries the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. "Good," they say. "It's coming along fine." Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won't fall over.
Revelation 16:8
- Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire.
Revelation 2:21
- I gave her time to repent, but she would not turn away from her immorality.
- Therefore, I will throw her upon a sickbed, and she will suffer greatly with all who commit adultery with her, unless they turn away from all their evil deeds.
2 Chronicles 28:22
- And when trouble came to King Ahaz, he became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Isaiah 2:8
- The land is filled with idols. The people bow down and worship these things they have made.
Leviticus 17:7
- The people must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by offering sacrifices to evil spirits out in the fields. This is a permanent law for them, to be kept generation after generation.