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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

It is cov ered with gold and sil ver; there is no breath in it.
(Habakkuk, 2:18-19)

See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to noth ing; their
im a ges are but wind and con fu sion. (Isaiah, 41:29)

Many, O Lord my God, are the wond ers You have done. The
things You planned for us no one can re count to You; were I
to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to de clare.
(Psalms, 40:5)

For who in the skies above can com pare with the Lord?... O
Lord God Almighty, who is like You?... The heav ens are
Yours, and Yours al so the earth; You found ed the world and
all that is in it. (Psalms, 89:6, 8, 11)

But those who trust in idols, who say to im a ges, "You are our
gods," will be turned back in ut ter shame. (Isaiah, 42:17)

But if you turn away and for sake the de crees and com mands
I have giv en you and go off to serve oth er gods and wor ship
them, then I will up root... from My land, which I have giv en
them... (2 Chronicles, 7:19-20)

Do not bow down be fore their gods or wor ship them or fol low
their prac ti ces. You must de mol ish them and break their sa -
cred stones to pie ces. Worship the Lord your God... (Exodus,
23:24-25)

If you vi o late the cov e nant of the Lord your God, which He com -
mand ed you, and go and serve oth er gods and bow down to
them, the Lord's an ger will burn against you, and you will quick -
ly per ish from the good land He has giv en you. (Joshua, 23:16)

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