Jeremiah 10:5 Cross References
Jeremiah 10:5
5: There stands their god like a helpless scarecrow in a garden! It cannot speak, and it needs to be carried because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good."
Isaiah 46:7
- They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It cannot even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It has no power to get anyone out of trouble.
1 Corinthians 12:2
- You know that when you were still pagans you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.
Psalms 115:5
- They cannot talk, though they have mouths, or see, though they have eyes!
- They cannot hear with their ears, or smell with their noses,
- or feel with their hands, or walk with their feet, or utter sounds with their throats!
- And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
Isaiah 41:23
- Yes, that's it! If you are gods, tell what will occur in the days ahead. Or perform a mighty miracle that will fill us with amazement and fear. Do something, whether good or bad!
- But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all. Anyone who chooses you becomes filthy, just like you!
Habakkuk 2:19
- How terrible it will be for you who beg lifeless wooden idols to save you. You ask speechless stone images to tell you what to do. Can an idol speak for God? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
1 Corinthians 8:4
- So now, what about it? Should we eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God and no other.
Isaiah 46:1
- The idols of Babylon, Bel and Nebo, are being hauled away on ox carts. But look! The beasts are staggering under the weight!
Revelation 13:14
- 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.
- He was permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
Isaiah 45:20
- "Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!
Isaiah 44:9
- How foolish are those who manufacture idols to be their gods. These highly valued objects are really worthless. They themselves are witnesses that this is so, for their idols neither see nor know. No wonder those who worship them are put to shame.
- Who but a fool would make his own god--an idol that cannot help him one bit!
Psalms 135:16
- They cannot talk, though they have mouths, or see, though they have eyes!
- They cannot hear with their ears or smell with their noses.
- And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.