THEOSIS1 Chronicles 16:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
כִּ֠י כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָעַמִּים֙ אֱלִילִ֔ים וַיהוָ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם עָשָֽׂה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 102 (101):25
- Lev 19:4Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.
- Isa 42:5Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
- Isa 44:24Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.
- Jer 10:10But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.
- Jer 10:14Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.
- 1 Cor 8:4But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one.
- Isa 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.