Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.(Judges 16:31)
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.(Judges 17:1)
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.(Judges 17:2)
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.(Judges 17:4)
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.(Judges 17:5)
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.(Judges 17:6)
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Judges 17:3 - Cross Reference
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. (Isaiah 44:9)
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. (Deuteronomy 12:3)
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. (Jeremiah 10:8)
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? (Habakkuk 2:18)
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (Jeremiah 10:3)
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (John 16:2)
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. (Isaiah 66:3)
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. (Exodus 20:23)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? (Isaiah 40:18)
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Exodus 34:17)
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:4)
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 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. (Exodus 20:4)
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. (Judges 18:5)
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. (Judges 17:13)
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. (Psalm 115:4)