Romans 1:22-23
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p Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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and q exchanged the glory of r the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Cross References
Psalms 106:20
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Deuteronomy 4:16 - 18
Beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female.
Acts 17:29
Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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Cross References
1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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