They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
They that make them are like unto them. Deuteronomy 7:25-26 first laid down this great principle, "Thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them (the idols) ... Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it." No people or individuals rise in character higher than their gods. Each man is as his god is. The servant of the all-gracious God partakes of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), His holiness and righteousness (Ephesians 4:24; Hebrews 12:10; 1 John 3:2), being changed more and more into the same glorious image (2 Corinthians 3:18). The servant of corrupt gods, whether material images or the idols of self, carnal imaginations, and pride of intellect, becomes debased like his idol. Psalms 115:4-12 are almost verbally repeated in Psalms 135:15-19.