Psalm 135:15
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Cross-references
In Psalm 115:4-8, the description of idols as silver and gold, work of human hands, is identical to this verse.
Psalm 96:5 declares all gods of the peoples are worthless idols, reinforcing the same contrast between God and man-made idols.
In Jeremiah 10:3-11, idols are compared to a scarecrow in a field—unable to speak, must be carried, and are worthless, contrasting with the living God.
In Isaiah 46:7, the idol's helplessness is highlighted: it is carried, cannot move, and cannot answer or save its worshippers.
In Acts 17:29, Paul contrasts the divine being with gold, silver, or stone images formed by human skill—explicitly opposing the idol concept here.
In Habakkuk 2:19, a woe is pronounced on those who speak to a wooden or stone idol overlaid with gold, which has no breath—deepening the critique.
In Habakkuk 2:18, the profitlessness of trusting in a man-made idol, a teacher of lies, is questioned—reinforcing the point.
In Isaiah 46:6, the weighing of silver and hiring a goldsmith to form a god, then worshiping it, mirrors the man-made origin described here.
In Isaiah 40:20, the same irony is expanded: the impoverished man chooses a tree and hires a craftsman to make an idol that cannot move.
In Isaiah 44:9-20, the idol-making process is fully satirized—the craftsman uses the same wood for fuel and for a god, exposing the folly.
Daniel 3:1 portrays a golden image made by a king, a concrete example of the man-made idolatry this verse condemns.
In Revelation 9:20, the same list of materials and 'works of their hands' reappears, with added detail that idols cannot see, hear, or walk.
Daniel 5:4 shows people praising gods of gold, silver, etc.—precisely the man-made idols this verse calls worthless.
In Hosea 8:6, the same indictment of man-made idols is applied to Israel's golden calf—crafted by human hands, not God.
In Acts 19:26, Paul directly echoes this critique—gods made with hands are not gods—showing the enduring NT rejection of idolatry.
In Romans 1:23, Paul describes exchanging God's glory for images of creatures, illustrating the same idolatrous folly as silver/gold idols.
In Exodus 20:4, the commandment forbids making any carved image, providing the foundational law against the idols described.
Jeremiah 10:4 describes decorating idols with silver and gold and nailing them—exactly the craftsmanship of idols condemned here.
Isaiah 41:29 calls metal images 'empty wind,' reinforcing the worthlessness of hand-made idols as in this verse.
Isaiah 36:18 questions whether any national god has delivered, implying their impotence—consistent with the powerless idols described here.
2 Chronicles 32:19 explicitly states that the gods of the peoples are the work of men's hands, echoing this verse verbatim.
2 Kings 17:29 describes each nation making its own gods, directly exemplifying the man-made idolatry denounced in this verse.
1 Kings 18:26 shows Baal's prophets crying to a silent idol, illustrating the futility of man-made gods condemned here.
In Isaiah 37:19, idols are called the work of human hands, wood and stone — matching the condemnation here.
In Deuteronomy 4:28, the warning about serving gods made by human hands echoes the same critique of idols.
In Isaiah 40:19, the description of an idol as crafted by human hands parallels the same accusation.