Acts 17:29
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man's skill and imagination.
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we ought.

Psalm 94:7-9
They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed." . . .

Psalm 106:20
They exchanged their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. . . .

Isaiah 40:12-18
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? . . .

Isaiah 44:9-20
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or know anything, so they are put to shame. . . .

Habakkuk 2:19, 20
Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awaken!' or to silent stone, 'Come alive!' Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all. . . .

Romans 1:20-23
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. . . .

graven.

Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens above, the earth below, or the waters under the earth.

Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, "O Israel, these are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"

Isaiah 46:5, 6
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? . . .

Jeremiah 10:4-10
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

King James Bible
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Being God's offspring then, we shouldn't think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination."

International Standard Version
So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

NET Bible
So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Men, therefore, because our lineage is from God, we ought not to think that gold or silver or stone carved by the skill and knowledge of a man is like The Godhead.”
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