Isaiah 40:18

American Standard Version (1901)

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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  • Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him] ? saith the Holy One.
  • Exod 8:10 : 10 And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
  • Exod 9:14 : 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Exod 20:4 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  • Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Ps 86:8-9 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
  • Ps 89:8 : 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
  • Jer 10:6 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 46:5-6
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    5To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

    6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

  • 25To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him] ? saith the Holy One.

  • Isa 44:9-10
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    82%

    9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

    10Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

  • 17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

  • Isa 40:19-21
    3 verses
    81%

    19The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.

    20He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.

    21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • 20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

  • 18They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

  • 4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

    19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

  • 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    17Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

    18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 9Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • 15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

  • 8They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

  • 4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

  • Jer 10:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

    15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 6For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

  • 17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

  • 8There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.

  • 16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • Isa 40:12-13
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    72%

    12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

    13Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

  • 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

  • 29Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.

  • 8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

  • 20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

  • 20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

  • 7Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

  • 8And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

  • 31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

  • 5Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

  • 19and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • 32and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, in that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

  • 6There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

  • 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

  • 18and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • 17They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.

  • 8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

  • 16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

  • 28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

  • 1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • 11Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?