6:65 Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not,
6:66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings:
6:67 Neither can they shew signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
6:68 The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
6:69 It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
6:70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold.
6:71 And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast into the dark.
6:72 And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon them: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a reproach in the country.
6:73 Better therefore is the just man that hath none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.