What does the Bible say about da vinci?

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The Bible does not speak of Leonardo da Vinci by name, but it honors artistic skill as a gift from God to be used for His glory and the good of His people. In Exodus 31:1-5 and 35:30-35, Bezalel is filled with God’s Spirit, wisdom, and craftsmanship to make the tabernacle and its furnishings. Exodus 36:1-2 shows skilled workers gladly serving according to the ability God gave them. Likewise, 1 Kings 7:13-14 and 2 Chronicles 2:13-14 commend Hiram’s skill in temple work. Such passages teach that human creativity is accountable to the Creator. Ephesians 2:10 reminds believers that every vocation and good work should flow from God’s grace.

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  • Exodus 31:1-5

    [1] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: [3] and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, [4] to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, [5] and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

  • 1 Kings 7:13-14

    [13] King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. [14] He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

  • Exodus 35:30-35

    [30] Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. [31] He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; [32] and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass, [33] in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship. [34] He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. [35] He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13-14

    [13] Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father's, [14] the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

  • Exodus 36:1-2

    [1] "Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded." [2] Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:

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