Isaiah 40:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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 liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
  • Exod 8:10 : 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, [Be it] according to thy word: that thou mayest know that [there is] none like unto the LORD our God.
  • Exod 9:14 : 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine 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 LORD, 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 any graven image, or 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 the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Ps 86:8-9 : 8 ¶ Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, 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 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 heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
  • Ps 89:8 : 8 O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our 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 Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

  • 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

  • Isa 44:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 ¶ They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

    10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?

  • 17 All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

  • Isa 40:19-21
    3 verses
    81%

    19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

    20 He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.

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

  • 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?

  • 18 They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.

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

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

    19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.

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

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    74%

    17 Every man is brutish by [his] knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

    18 They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • 15 ¶ The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • 8 They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.

  • 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 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%

    14 Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

    15 They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

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

  • 8 ¶ Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.

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

  • Isa 40:12-13
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    12 ¶ Who 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?

    13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him?

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

  • 29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.

  • 8 Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

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

  • 20 O LORD, [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

  • 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.

  • 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect [that] which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

  • 31 For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?

  • 5 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

  • 19 And 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.

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

  • 6 Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.

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

  • 18 And 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.

  • 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.

  • 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

  • 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

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

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

  • 1 ¶ Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • 11 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?