Acts 17:29
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.
Cross-reference
Acts 19:26 summarizes Paul's teaching that gods made by hands are not gods, directly reinforcing Acts 17:29.
Acts 14:15 has Paul urging Lystra to turn from vain idols to the living God, echoing his same message in Acts 17:29.
In Exodus 20:4, the commandment forbids making any carved image — the foundational prohibition that Paul echoes in Acts 17:29.
In Romans 1:20-23, Paul himself describes how people exchanged God's glory for images — a parallel argument against idolatry from his own writings.
In Habakkuk 2:19, a woe is pronounced on worshipping silent, lifeless idols overlaid with gold and silver — mirroring Paul's argument in Acts.
Jeremiah 10:4-10 describes idols as silver and gold, work of craftsmen — the exact practice Paul says we must not attribute to God.
In Isaiah 46:6, people lavish silver and gold to make a god and worship it — precisely the practice Paul says we should not attribute to God.
In Isaiah 46:5, God asks who can be likened to Him — underscoring Paul's point that the divine being cannot be compared to man-made images.
In Isaiah 44:9-20, the absurdity of making idols from wood is vividly portrayed — a direct parallel to Paul's condemnation of man-made images.
In Isaiah 40:12-18, God's incomparable greatness is declared — no one can liken anything to Him, supporting Paul's rejection of idolatrous images.
In Psalm 115:4-8, idols are lifeless silver and gold, made by human hands — graphically reinforcing Paul's point that God is not like such images.
Psalm 106:20 describes Israel exchanging God's glory for an idol — the very error Paul warns against in thinking God is like an image.
In Exodus 32:4, the golden calf is fashioned from gold — a prime example of the idolatry Paul condemns when he says God is not like such images.
Psalm 135:15 says idols are silver and gold, human handiwork — almost verbatim the language Paul uses in his speech.
Isaiah 40:18 asks whom we can liken God to — the same rhetorical point Paul makes when denying God is like an image.
2 Kings 19:18 notes that pagan gods are made by human hands — the same critique Paul uses against Athenian idolatry.
Deuteronomy 4:16 warns against making a graven image in any form — directly echoed in Paul's rejection of man-made representations of God.
Daniel 5:4 has Belshazzar's guests praising gods of gold, silver, etc.— the same idolatry Paul refutes in Acts 17:29.
Daniel 5:23 rebukes Belshazzar for praising idols of metal and stone, mirroring Paul's point that God is not like such materials.
Hosea 8:6 declares the golden calf is not God but a craftsman's work— directly supporting Paul's argument in Acts 17:29.
Leviticus 26:1 forbids making idols or carved images — the OT law that underlies Paul's reasoning about the divine being.
Exodus 34:17 is the command against making cast-metal gods — the very prohibition Paul applies to all people in Athens.
Genesis 1:26 states humans are made in God's image — the basis for Paul's claim that we are God's offspring and not the reverse.
Romans 1:23 describes exchanging God's glory for idol images— the exact sin Paul warns against in Acts 17:29.
Revelation 9:20 describes worship of idols of gold, silver, stone— exactly the error Paul argues against in Acts 17:29.
Galatians 4:8 says formerly you served beings that by nature are not gods, relating to Paul's rejection of idolatry in Acts 17:29.