Skilful, creative work, carried out using a variety of materials. Purposes included decoration, ornamentation and representation of objects of worship, the last of which Scripture firmly condemns.

Ezekiel 8:10

Painting

See also

Ezekiel 23:11-15
2 Chronicles 3:5-7

Decorative panelling

See also

1 Kings 6:14-15
Psalms 74:3-6
Jeremiah 22:14
1 Kings 6:21-22

Decoration and ornamentation in gold

See also

1 Kings 6:31-35; 10:14-21

pp 2Ch 3:4-7

pp 2Ch 9:13-20

Songs 5:14

Decoration and ornamentation in ivory

See also

1 Kings 10:18
1 Kings 22:39
Psalms 45:8

pp 2Ch 9:17

Amos 3:15; 6:4
1 Kings 6:18

Carving and sculpture

See also

1 Kings 6:29-35
2 Chronicles 3:7
Psalms 144:12
Ezekiel 41:15-26
1 Kings 7:34-37

Engraving

See also

As an artistic skill

Exodus 28:9-12,15-21,36-38; 39:6-7,8-14,30-31
1 Kings 7:31,36
2 Chronicles 2:5-7,13-14
Job 19:23-24

See also

Metaphorical references to engraving

Isaiah 49:16
Jeremiah 17:1
Zechariah 3:9
Exodus 26:1

Art in the tabernacle

See also

Exodus 25:18-21; 36:8,35-38; 37:7-9
1 Kings 7:48-50

Art in the temple

See also

1 Kings 7:13-22,27-37,40-45

pp 2Ch 4:19-22

2 Chronicles 3:15-17

pp 2Ch 4:11-16

Deuteronomy 27:15

Art associated with idolatry

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Forbidden

Exodus 20:3-6
Exodus 20:22-23; 34:10-17
Leviticus 19:4; 26:1

pp Dt 5:7-10

Deuteronomy 4:16-19,23-24; 29:16-18
2 Kings 21:7

Examples of idols and images

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Exodus 32:1-4

pp 2Ch 33:7

Judges 17:1-6; 18:11-31
Isaiah 46:1-2
Jeremiah 50:1-2
Ezekiel 8:9-12
Habakkuk 2:18

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Condemned

Exodus 34:10-14
Numbers 33:51-52
Deuteronomy 7:25-26
2 Chronicles 34:1-4
Isaiah 44:9-20
Ezekiel 7:20-22
Hosea 13:1-3
Micah 5:13-14
Nahum 1:14

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4312 bronze
4333 gold
4342 jewels
5212 arts and crafts
5247 carpenters
5272 craftsmen
5273 creativity
5516 sculpture
5531 skill
7459 tabernacle, in OT
7467 temple, Solomon's
8768 idolatry