Bible Cross References
the understanding
Psalm 74:20
Remember the covenant you made with us. There is violence in every dark corner of the land.
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.
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They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.
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They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.
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They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.
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May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.
Isaiah 44:18-20
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Such people are too stupid to know what they are doing. They close their eyes and their minds to the truth.
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The maker of idols hasn't the wit or the sense to say, "Some of the wood I burned up. I baked some bread on the coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And the rest of the wood I made into an idol. Here I am bowing down to a block of wood!"
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It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.
Isaiah 46:5-8
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"To whom will you compare me?" says the LORD. "Is there anyone else like me?
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People open their purses and pour out gold; they weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make a god; then they bow down and worship it.
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They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they put it in place, and there it stands, unable to move from where it is. If any pray to it, it cannot answer or save them from disaster.
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"Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.
Acts 17:30
God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.
Acts 26:17
I will rescue you from the people of Israel and from the Gentiles to whom I will send you.
Acts 26:18
You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.'
Romans 1:21-23
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They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.
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They say they are wise, but they are fools;
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instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles.
Romans 1:28-23
1 Corinthians 1:21
For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called "foolish" message we preach, God decided to save those who believe.
2 Corinthians 4:4
They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
Galatians 4:8
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God.
alienated
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.
Romans 8:7
And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it.
Romans 8:8
Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.
Galatians 4:8
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.
Colossians 1:21
At one time you were far away from God and were his enemies because of the evil things you did and thought.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God.
James 4:4
Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.
because
Romans 1:21
They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.
Romans 2:19
you are sure that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,
1 John 2:11
But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.
blindness
Daniel 5:20
But because he became proud, stubborn, and cruel, he was removed from his royal throne and lost his place of honor.
Matthew 13:15
because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'
John 12:40
"God has blinded their eyes and closed their minds, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not understand, and they would not turn to me, says God, for me to heal them."
Romans 11:25
There is a secret truth, my friends, which I want you to know, for it will keep you from thinking how wise you are. It is that the stubbornness of the people of Israel is not permanent, but will last only until the complete number of Gentiles comes to God.