1 Chronicles 16:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.”
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“For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For all gods of the peoples <FI>are<Fi> nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 16:26 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
- Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 44:9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
- Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Acts 19:26And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
- Revelation 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
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