Jeremiah 16:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

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  • Isa 37:19 : 19 And haue cast their gods in ye fire: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idoles are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hands. 5 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes and see not. 6 They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not. 7 They haue handes and touche not: they haue feete and walke not: neither make they a sound with their throte. 8 They that make them are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? But my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.
  • Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knew it not: of their siluer and their gold haue they made them idoles: therefore shall they be destroyed. 5 Thy calfe, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: howe long will they be without innocencie! 6 For it came euen from Israel: the workeman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calfe of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes.
  • Gal 1:8 : 8 But though that we, or an Angel from heauen preach vnto you otherwise, then that which we haue preached vnto you, let him be accursed.
  • Ps 135:14-18 : 14 For the Lord will iudge his people, and be pacified towardes his seruants. 15 The idoles of the heathen are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens handes. 16 They haue a mouth, and speake not: they haue eyes and see not. 17 They haue eares and heare not, neither is there any breath in their mouth. 18 They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.
  • Isa 36:19 : 19 Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim? or howe haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand?

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  • Isa 44:9-10
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    9All they that make an image, are vanitie, and their delectable things shall nothing profite: & they are their owne witnesses, that they see not nor know: therefore they shalbe confounded.

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

  • Isa 40:18-19
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    18To whom then wil ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?

    19The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.

  • 1 Chr 16:26
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    26For all the gods of the people are idoles, but the Lord made the heauens.

  • Jer 2:11
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    11Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? But my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.

  • Exod 20:23
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    23Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.

  • Isa 37:19
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    19And haue cast their gods in ye fire: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.

  • Exod 34:17
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    17Thou shalt make thee no gods of metall.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    18And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.

  • Ps 135:18
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    18They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

  • Jer 2:28
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    28But where are thy gods, that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can helpe thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the nomber of thy cities, are thy gods, O Iudah.

  • Ps 115:8
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    8They that make them are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

  • Isa 44:17
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    17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, euen his idole: he boweth vnto it, and worshippeth and prayeth vnto it, and sayeth, Deliuer me: for thou art my god.

  • Ps 135:15
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    15The idoles of the heathen are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens handes.

  • Deut 32:37
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    37When men shal say, Where are their gods, their mighty God in whome they trusted,

  • Jer 10:11
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    11(Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)

  • Ezek 20:32
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    32Neither shall that be done that commeth into your minde: for ye say, We wil be as the heathen, and as the families of the countreys, and serue wood, and stone.

  • Deut 4:28
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    28And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    17Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

    18They are vanitie, and the worke of errors: in the time of their visitation they shal perish.

  • Ps 115:4
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    4Their idoles are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hands.

  • Isa 45:16
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    16All they shalbe ashamed and also confounded: they shall goe to confusion together, that are the makers of images.

  • Jer 16:19
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    19O Lord, thou art my force, & my strength & my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shal come vnto thee from the ends of the world, & shal say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, and vanitie, wherein was no profite.

  • Isa 29:16
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    16Your turning of deuises shal it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?

  • Rom 9:20
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    20But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

  • Isa 2:8
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    8Their land also was full of idols: they worshipped the worke of their owne hands, which their owne fingers haue made.

  • Hab 2:18
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    18What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hath made it an image, and a teacher of lies, though he that made it, trust therein, when he maketh dumme idoles.

  • Lev 19:4
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    4Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

  • Isa 45:20
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    20Assemble your selues, & come: drawe neere together, ye abiect of the Gentiles: they haue no knowledge, that set vp the wood of their idole, and pray vnto a god, that cannot saue them.

  • Ps 96:5
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    5For all the gods of the people are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.

  • Jer 10:14-15
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    14Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

    15They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Isa 42:17
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    17They shall be turned backe: they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in grauen images, and say to the molten images, Yee are our gods.

  • Exod 32:23
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    23And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.)

  • Exod 20:3-4
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    3Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.

    4Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8And hee shall not looke to the altars, the workes of his owne hands, neither shall he looke to those thinges, which his owne fingers haue made, as groues and images.

  • Jer 16:21
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    21Beholde, therefore I will this once teach them: I will shewe them mine hande and my power, and they shall know that my Name is the Lord.

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    9Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

  • 2 Chr 32:19
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    19Thus they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, euen the workes of mans hands,

  • Lev 26:1
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    1Ye shall make you none idoles nor grauen image, neither reare you vp any pillar, neither shal ye set any image of stone in your land to bow downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Hos 8:6
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    6For it came euen from Israel: the workeman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calfe of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Isa 44:15
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    15And man burneth thereof: for he will take thereof and warme himselfe: he also kindleth it & baketh bread, yet he maketh a god, & worshippeth it: he maketh it an idole and boweth vnto it.

  • Deut 29:26
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    26And went and serued other gods and worshipped them: euen gods which they knewe not, and which had giuen them nothing,

  • Isa 46:6
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    6They draw gold out of the bagge & weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.

  • Job 4:17
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    17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

  • Hos 8:4
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    4They haue set vp a King, but not by me: they haue made princes, and I knew it not: of their siluer and their gold haue they made them idoles: therefore shall they be destroyed.

  • Ezek 14:3
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    3Sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idoles in their heart, and put the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie before their face: should I, being required, answere them?