Jeremiah 10:4

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They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers so it will not totter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:19-20 : 19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it. 20 A person who is too poor to afford such an idol selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 Each one helps his neighbor and says to his brother, 'Be strong!' 7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the one who polishes with the hammer encourages the one striking the anvil, saying of the soldering, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not move.
  • Isa 44:12 : 12 The blacksmith works with iron, shaping it in the coals. He hammers it with his tools and works it with the strength of his arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and becomes faint.
  • Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
  • Ps 135:15 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:3
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    3For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

  • Jer 10:5
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    5They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm—nor can they do any good.

  • Isa 40:19-20
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    19As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

    20A person who is too poor to afford such an idol selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

  • Isa 41:7
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    7The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the one who polishes with the hammer encourages the one striking the anvil, saying of the soldering, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not move.

  • Ps 74:5-6
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    5It appeared like one lifting up axes against a thick forest.

    6Now they smash all its carved work together with hatchets and hammers.

  • Ezek 15:3
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    3Is wood taken from it to make anything useful? Can one make a peg from it to hang any utensil on?

  • Ps 115:4
    73%

    4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

  • Jer 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.

    9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers.

  • Exod 36:36
    72%

    36They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They cast four silver bases for the posts, and the hooks of the posts were made of gold.

  • Exod 26:32
    72%

    32You shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, set on four silver bases.

  • Isa 46:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.

    7They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles.

  • Ps 135:15
    71%

    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

  • Isa 44:14
    71%

    14He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

  • Hab 2:19
    71%

    19Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath at all within it.

  • Isa 2:8
    71%

    8Their land is filled with idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, to what their fingers have made.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
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    5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.

  • Exod 37:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3He cast four gold rings for it and placed them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

    4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

  • Isa 10:15
    70%

    15Does the axe exalt itself above the one who wields it? Or does the saw boast against the one who moves it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff acting as though it were not made of wood.

  • Exod 37:28
    70%

    28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

  • Exod 30:5
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    5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

  • Ezek 7:19-20
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    19They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has caused their stumbling into sin.

    20They took pride in the beauty of their jewelry and made it into images of their detestable idols. Therefore, I will make it a thing of uncleanness for them.

  • Isa 22:25
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    25In that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts, “the peg that was driven into the firm place will be removed; it will be cut down and fall, and the load hanging on it will be destroyed. For the LORD has spoken.

  • Exod 25:36
    69%

    36The bulbs and branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it hammered out of pure gold.

  • Ps 115:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

    8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

  • Exod 31:4
    69%

    4to design artistic works, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

  • Exod 25:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12Cast four gold rings for it and attach them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

    13Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

  • Exod 37:22
    69%

    22The buds and branches were all one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

  • Isa 44:10
    69%

    10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?

  • Isa 22:23
    69%

    23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will become a throne of glory for his father's house.

  • Exod 38:19
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    19It had four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and the tops of the posts and their bands were overlaid with silver.

  • Hos 8:4
    68%

    4They set up kings, but not by me; they appointed leaders, but I did not know of it. With their silver and gold, they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction.

  • Exod 25:31
    68%

    31Make a lampstand of pure gold. It is to be made of hammered work: its base and shaft, its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers are to be of one piece with it.

  • Exod 36:34
    68%

    34They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

  • Ps 135:18
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    18Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.

  • Exod 36:38
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    38They made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and cast their five bases of bronze.

  • Eccl 10:9
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    9One who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and one who splits wood may be endangered by it.

  • Exod 25:28
    68%

    28Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, and use them to carry the table.

  • Jer 10:15
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    15They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

  • Ezek 21:10
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    10All humanity will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword from its sheath, and it will not return again.

  • Exod 37:11
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    11He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

  • Exod 37:15
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    15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table.

  • Dan 4:14
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    14This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence by the command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He will and sets the lowliest of men over them.