Bible Cross References
we ought
Psalm 94:7-9
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And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
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Understand now, you simple among the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
9
He that planted the ear, does He not hear? Or He that formed the eye, does not He perceive?
Psalm 106:20
and they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that feeds on grass.
Psalm 115:4-8
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The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
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They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see;
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they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell;
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they have hands, but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot speak through their throat.
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Let those that make them become like them, and all who trust in them.
Isaiah 40:12-18
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Who has measured the water in His hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?
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Who has known the mind of the Lord? And who has been His counselor, to instruct Him?
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Or with whom has He taken counsel, and he has instructed Him? Or who has taught Him judgment, or who has taught Him the way of understanding;
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since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?
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And Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering;
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and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
18
To whom have you compared the Lord? And with what likeness have you compared Him?
Isaiah 44:9-20
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But they that framed [false gods] did not then hearken; and they that engraved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
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that form a god, and all that engrave worthless things;
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and all by whom they were made have withered; yes, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together;
12
For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an ax, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm; and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
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The artificer, having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
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He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
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that it might be for men to burn; and having taken part of it he warms himself; yes, they burn part of it, and bake loaves on it; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
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Half of it he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
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And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships and prays, saying, Deliver me; for you are my god.
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They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
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And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on its coals and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
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Know that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul; see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Arise! For it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth fear before Him.
Romans 1:20-23
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For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Divinity, so that they are without excuse.
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Because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, or give thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
22
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
graven
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Exodus 32:4
And he received them from their hands, and formed them with an engraving tool; and he made them a molded calf, and said, These [are] your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 46:5
To whom have you compared Me? See [and] consider, you that go astray.
Isaiah 46:6
They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and worship them.
Jeremiah 10:4-10
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[They are] beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
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they will set them up that they may not move.
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It is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver
7
[This translation omits this verse.]
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[This translation omits this verse.]
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[brought] from Tarshish, gold will come from Uphaz, and the work of goldsmiths. [They are] all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.
10
They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride [of themselves]. Fear them not, for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.