16 Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law, and the engraved images received worship by the commandments of princes. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:16
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Wisdom of Solomon 14:20–22
20 So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork, now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man. (WEB) 21 And this became an ambush, because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, invested stones and stocks… (WEB)
2 Kings 17:40–41
40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs. 41 So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
1 Maccabees 1:12–14
12 That proposal was good in their eyes. (WEB) 13 Some of the people eagerly went to the king, and he authorized them to observe the ordinances of the Gentiles. (WEB) 14 So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the laws of the Gentiles. (WEB)
Judith 8:17–19
17 Therefore let’s wait for the salvation that comes from him, and call upon him to help us. He will hear our voice, if it pleases him. (WEB) 18 For there arose none in our age, neither is there any of us today, tribe, or kindred, or family, or city, which worship gods ma… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:7–9
7 For blessed is wood through which comes righteousness; (WEB) 8 but the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it; because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was called a god. (WEB) 9 For both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to G… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:11–13
11 Therefore also there will be a visitation among the idols of the nation, because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination, stumbling blocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the foolish. (WEB) 12 For the devising of idols… (WEB) 13 … (WEB)
1 Maccabees 3:47–49
47 They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, put ashes on their heads, tore their clothes, (WEB) 48 and opened the book of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols. (WEB) 49 They brought the priests’ garments, the first fruits, and… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 12:23–25
23 Therefore also the unrighteous that lived in a life of folly, you tormented through their own abominations. (WEB) 24 For truly they went astray very far in the ways of error, Taking as gods those animals which even among their enemies were held in dishonor, deceived li… (WEB)
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