Jeremiah 51:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Jer 10:14 : 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.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 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.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, 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? 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
  • Rom 1:20-23 : 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
  • Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.
  • Ps 53:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
  • Ps 115:5 : 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
  • Ps 135:17-18 : 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:14-15
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    14Every 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.

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

  • Jer 51:18
    82%

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

  • Isa 44:9-11
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    80%

    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.

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

    11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they [are] of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; [yet] they shall fear, [and] they shall be ashamed together.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    80%

    18What 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?

    19Woe 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.

  • Ps 135:15-18
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    15¶ The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

    16They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

    17They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.

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

  • Jer 10:8-9
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    78%

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

    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].

  • Isa 41:29
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    29Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.

  • Isa 40:18-20
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    18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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

    20He 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.

  • Ps 115:7-8
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    7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

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

  • Ps 115:4
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    4Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Isa 44:17-19
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    17And 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.

    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

    19And none considereth in his heart, 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?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?

  • Isa 31:7
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    7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin.

  • Isa 42:17
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    17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.

  • Isa 45:16
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    16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together [that are] makers of idols.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

  • Isa 44:15
    72%

    15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm 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.

  • Jer 6:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

    29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Rom 1:22-23
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    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

  • Deut 27:15
    71%

    15Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • Isa 46:6
    71%

    6They 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.

  • Isa 37:19
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    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.

  • Ps 97:7
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    7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.

  • Hos 13:2
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    2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

  • Hos 8:6
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    6For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8And 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.

  • Isa 29:16
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    16Surely 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?

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    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.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • Ezek 22:18
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    18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.

  • Jer 10:3
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    3For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.