16 By this they are known not to be gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 17 For like a vessel that a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, even so it is with their gods. When they are set up in the temples, their eyes are full of dust through the feet of those who come in. (WEB) 18 As the courts are secured on every side upon him who offends the king, as being committed to suffer death, even so the priests secure their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest they be carried off by robbers. (WEB)
Baruch 6:16–18
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Baruch 6:22–24
22 Bats, swallows, and birds land on their bodies and heads. So do the cats. (WEB) 23 By this you may know that they are no gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 24 Notwithstanding the gold with which they are covered to make them beautiful, unless someone wipes off the tarnish, t… (WEB)
Baruch 6:55–57
55 For even when fire falls upon the house of gods of wood overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves will be burned apart like beams. (WEB) 56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then ad… (WEB)
Baruch 6:43–45
43 The women also with cords around them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense; but if any of them, drawn by someone who passes by, lies with him, she reproaches her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself and her cord wasn’t broken. (WEB) 44 Whatever is… (WEB)
2 Kings 19:17–19
17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. 19 And now, O LORD our God, please save us from…
Isaiah 37:18–20
18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. 19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. 20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from h…
Baruch 6:68–70
68 The beasts are better than they; for they can get under a covert, and help themselves. (WEB) 69 In no way then is it manifest to us that they are gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keeps nothing, so are their gods of wood o… (WEB)
Baruch 6:64–66
64 Therefore a man shouldn’t think or say that they are gods, seeing they aren’t able to judge causes or to do good to men. (WEB) 65 Knowing therefore that they are no gods, don’t fear them. (WEB) 66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings. (WEB)
Epistle to Diognetus 2:6–8
6 Therefore ye hate the Christians, because they do not consider these to be gods. (DIO) 7 For do not ye yourselves, who now regard and worship them, much more despise them? Do ye not much rather mock and insult them, worshipping those that are of stone and earthenware… (DIO) 8 … (DIO)
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