They Make Wood and Stone Images in the Figure of a Man and Call him their "God," and Thus Changed the Glory of God into the Image of a Man

But God will Not Give His Praise to Images, so do Not Set up Any Carved Image of Stone or Wood of Anything in Heaven or on Earth, the Likeness of Male or Female

Deuteronomy 4:23, Old Testament
[So] take heed to yourselves, unless you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which He made with you, and make a carved image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the Lord your God has forbidden you -

Leviticus 26:1, Old Testament
[When God said,] "You will make no idols or carved image, neither rear up a standing image, neither will you set up [any] image of stone in your land, to prostrate to it, for I [am] the Lord your God -

Isaiah 42:8, Old Testament
[Indeed,] I [am] the Lord, that [is] My name, and I will not give My glory to another, neither My praise to carved images."

Exodus 20:4, Old Testament
[And thus,] you will not make any carved image to you, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth.

Deuteronomy 16:22, Old Testament
Neither will you set up [any] image; which the Lord your God hates.

Isaiah 42:17, Old Testament
[For] they will be turned back, they will be greatly ashamed, who trust in carved images…

Isaiah 44:13, Old Testament
[For] the carpenter stretches out [his] rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; so that it may remain in the house.

Isaiah 44:15, Old Testament
…Indeed, he makes [it] a god, and prostrates to [it]; he makes it a carved image, and falls down thereto.

Book of Jubilees 22:25, Apocrypha
[But] all their works are vanity and nothingness. They have no heart to understand and their eyes do not see what their works are, and how they err in saying to a piece of wood, "You are my God…"

Romans 1:21 - 22, New Testament
[For] when they knew God, they did not glorify [Him] as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools -

3 Nephi 19:18, Book of Mormon
[For] behold, [when] they began to pray; they prayed to Jesus, calling him their "Lord" and their "God."

Romans 1:23, New Testament
[And thus,] they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like a corruptible man.

Deuteronomy 4:16, Old Testament
[So do not] corrupt [yourselves] and make a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female.



Sections of Idols


Do Not Make the Similitude of Any Figure, Male or Female, for Vision does Not Grasp God

John 14:9, New Testament
…[But they falsely say,] "He who has seen [Jesus] has seen the Father…"

But you have Not Seen God's Shape at Any Time, Even Moses Saw No Similitude the Day the Lord Spoke to him

John 5:37, New Testament
[Even Jesus said in the Bible,] "You have not seen His shape…"

Exodus 33:20, Old Testament
[For God] said, "You cannot see My Face, for no man will see Me…"

Book of Enoch 14:21, Apocrypha
…And no creature of flesh can look at the appearance of the Face of Him who is honored and praised.

7:143, Qur'an
And [thus, when Moses] said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] so that I may look at You." [God] said, "You will not see Me…"

Job 9:11, Old Testament
[So] behold, He goes by me, and I do not see [Him], He also passes on, but I do not perceive Him.

6:102 - 103, Qur'an
[For] that is God, your Lord; there is no god except Him, the Creator of all things, so serve Him.  And He is Disposer of all things.
  Vision does not grasp Him, but He grasps [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Aware.

Deuteronomy 4:15 - 16, Old Testament
Therefore, take good heed to yourselves; for [Moses] saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the Lord spoke to him in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
unless you corrupt [yourselves], and make a carved image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

1 Timothy 6:16, New Testament
…[For] no man has seen [God], nor can see [Him], to whom [alone belongs] honor and everlasting power…




Jesus himself Said, "The First of All the Commandments is that the Lord our God is One Lord"

And Thus, they have Certainly Disbelieved who Say that "God is the Third of Three [a Trinity]"

2:163, Qur'an
Your God is one God.  There is no god except Him, the Gracious, the Merciful.

Deuteronomy 6:4, Old Testament
[So] hear, O Israel, the Lord our God [is only] one Lord.

2 Nephi 31:21, Book of Mormon
…[But they say instead that "The] Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, [these three] are one God…"

5:73, Qur'an
…[But] there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, a painful punishment will surely touch the disbelievers among them.

Shepherd of Hermas 26:1, Apocrypha
…[For] God is [only] one, [and it is] He [alone] who created all things and set them in order, and brought all things from non-existence into being, who [alone] comprehends all things, being alone incomprehensible.

James 2:19, New Testament
[And so if] you believe that there is one God; you do well…

Mark 12:29, New Testament
"[For] the first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, [there is no other greater commandment]."

6:19, Qur'an
[So] say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?"  Say, "God is witness between me and you.  And this Qur'an was revealed to me so that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.  Do you [truly] testify that there are other gods with God?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]."  Say, "Indeed, He is only one God, and indeed, I am innocent of what you associate [with Him]" -

5:73, Qur'an
[For] they have certainly disbelieved who say, "God is the third of three [the Trinity]…"

Alma 11:44, Book of Mormon
…[Whereby they say that] "Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, [these three] are one Eternal God…"

4:171, Qur'an
[So] O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say [anything] about God except the truth.  The Christ, Jesus, the son of Mary, was only a messenger of God [and the Christ], and His word which He directed to Mary and the [Holy] Spirit from Him.  So believe in God and His messengers.  And do not say, "[God is a] Trinity [with the Holy Spirit and the Son of God]," desist - [it is] better for you.  Indeed, God is only one God. [And] He is Exalted above having a son, [for] whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth [belongs] to Him. And God is sufficient as Disposer of affairs.