Bible Cross References
we ought
Psalm 94:7-9
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Yet they say, YAH does not see, nor does the God of Jacob perceive it.
8
Understand, you stupid ones among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise?
9
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
Psalm 106:20
Thus they changed their Glory into the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5
They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
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they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;
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they have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they utter through their throat.
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Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 40:12-18
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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Who has directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and what man, as a counselor, has taught Him?
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With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him and taught Him in the path of justice; and taught Him knowledge, and made known the way of understanding to Him?
15
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the fine dust on the scales; behold, He lifts up the islands as a very little thing.
16
And Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor the beasts of it enough for a burnt offering.
17
All the nations before Him are as nothing; and to Him they are accounted as less than nothing, and vanity.
18
To whom then will you compare the Mighty God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
Isaiah 44:9-20
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Those who make a graven image, all of them are vanity; and the things which they desire shall not help. And they are their own witnesses; they do not see nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10
Who has formed a god or smelted a graven image that benefits nothing?
11
Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they are men. Let them be gathered together; let them stand up; they shall be in dread; they shall be ashamed together.
12
The craftsman in iron makes it in the coals with the tongs, and fashions it with hammers, and makes it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
13
The craftsman in wood stretches a measuring line; he makes an outline with a marker; he works it with carving tools, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it like the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
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He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he secures for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain makes it grow.
15
Then it shall be for a man to burn; for he will take some of it and warm himself. Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; he also makes a god and bows down to it; he makes it into a graven image and prostrates himself to it.
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He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; indeed, he warms himself, and says, Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.
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And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He prostrates himself before it and bows down, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my mighty god.
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They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
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And no one considers within his heart, nor is there perception nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; indeed, also I have baked bread on its coals; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I prostrate myself to a piece of wood?
20
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake! To a mute stone, Rise up, it shall teach. Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all in it.
Habakkuk 2:20
But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Romans 1:20-23
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For ever since the creation of the world the unseen things of Him are clearly perceived, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
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because, although they know God, they do not glorify Him as God, nor are thankful, but become vain in their reasonings, and their stupid hearts are darkened.
22
Professing to be wise, they become foolish,
23
and change the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
graven
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;
Exodus 32:4
And he took up the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool after he had made a molten calf. And they said, This is your god, O Israel, that brought you up out of the land of Egypt!
Isaiah 46:5
To whom will you compare Me, and make Me equal; and compare Me, that we may be alike?
Isaiah 46:6
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out on the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it into a god; they prostrate themselves, yea, they bow down.
Jeremiah 10:4-10
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They make it beautiful with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not totter.
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They are crafted into hammered work like a palm tree, and they cannot speak. They must be lifted up and carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they are not able to do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
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There is none like You, O Jehovah; You are great, and Your name is great in might.
7
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? For fear is befitting to You, because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
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But they are, every one of them, dull-hearted and foolish; a piece of wood is a discipline in vanities.
9
Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.
10
But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and the eternal King. At His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to endure His indignation.