Bible Verses About Idol: Manufacture of

The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image--not moved.

Framers of a graven image are all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they are , They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out--not profitable?

Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans--they are of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.

He hath wrought iron with an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little,

whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, `Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;