Isaiah 44:20 Cross References

Isaiah 44:20

20: The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this thing, this idol that I'm holding in my hand, a lie?"

Job 15:31

  1. Let them no longer trust in empty riches. They are only fooling themselves, for emptiness will be their only reward.

Psalms 102:9

  1. I eat ashes instead of my food. My tears run down into my drink

Hosea 4:12

  1. They are asking a piece of wood to tell them what to do! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God.

2 Timothy 2:13

  1. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

Romans 1:25

  1. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.

Hosea 12:1

  1. The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence; they make alliances with Assyria and cut deals with the Egyptians.

Romans 1:28

  1. When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.

Isaiah 28:15

  1. You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."
  2. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem. It is firm, a tested and precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never run away again.
  3. "I will take the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness to check the foundation wall you have built. Your refuge looks strong, but since it is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, the enemy will come like a flood to sweep it away.

Isaiah 59:3

  1. Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your mouth is full of lies, and your lips are tainted with corruption.
  2. No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.

Habakkuk 2:18

  1. "What have you gained by worshiping all your man-made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!

Isaiah 59:13

  1. We know that we have rebelled against the LORD. We have turned our backs on God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.

2 Timothy 3:13

  1. But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will go on deceiving others, and they themselves will be deceived.

Revelation 12:9

  1. This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

1 Kings 22:20

  1. And the LORD said, `Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so that he can be killed there?' There were many suggestions,
  2. until finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, `I can do it!'
  3. " `How will you do this?' the LORD asked. "And the spirit replied, `I will go out and inspire all Ahab's prophets to speak lies.'" `You will succeed,' said the LORD. `Go ahead and do it.'
  4. "So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets. For the LORD has determined disaster for you."

Proverbs 15:14

  1. A wise person is hungry for truth, while the fool feeds on trash.

Revelation 20:3

  1. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he would be released again for a little while.

Revelation 13:14

  1. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Job 15:2

  1. "You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag.

Jeremiah 16:19

  1. LORD, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, "Our ancestors were foolish, for they worshiped worthless idols.

Luke 15:16

  1. The boy became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.

Revelation 18:23

  1. Her nights will be dark, without a single lamp. There will be no happy voices of brides and grooms. This will happen because her merchants, who were the greatest in the world, deceived the nations with her sorceries.

1 Timothy 4:2

  1. These teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
  2. He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.
  3. So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies.

Romans 1:20

  1. From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.
  2. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
  3. Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
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