Isaiah 40:20

American Standard Version (1901)

He 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.

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  • 1 Sam 5:3-4 : 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
  • Isa 41:7 : 7 So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.
  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
  • Jer 10:3-4 : 3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
  • Isa 2:8-9 : 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. 9 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
  • Isa 44:13-19 : 13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. 17 And 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. 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

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  • Isa 40:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

    18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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

  • Isa 44:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    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?

    11Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

    12The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

  • Hab 2:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Isa 44:17
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 10:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

    4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

  • Isa 44:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

    15Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

  • Isa 46:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

  • Jer 51:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Jer 10:14
    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.

  • Isa 17:8
    73%

    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.

  • Isa 2:8
    72%

    8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

  • Isa 44:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

    20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  • Ps 135:15
    71%

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

  • Isa 45:20
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 135:18
    71%

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

  • Deut 4:28
    71%

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

  • Ps 115:8
    71%

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

  • Jer 16:20
    71%

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

  • Ps 115:4
    70%

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

  • Ezek 20:32
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 15:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

    4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

  • Ps 52:7
    70%

    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Jer 10:8
    70%

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

  • Isa 41:24
    69%

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

  • Isa 10:15
    69%

    15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.

  • Exod 35:33
    69%

    33and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

  • Isa 41:7
    69%

    7So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.

  • Deut 27:15
    69%

    15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • Isa 2:20
    69%

    20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  • Isa 31:7
    69%

    7For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

  • Hos 10:1
    68%

    1Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly [ pillars.

  • Isa 40:21
    68%

    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?

  • Prov 28:19
    68%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
    68%

    5of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?

  • Ezek 7:20
    68%

    20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.

  • Exod 31:4
    68%

    4to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

  • Isa 27:11
    68%

    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

  • Prov 13:7
    68%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

  • Isa 27:9
    68%

    9Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.