Jeremiah 51:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every craftsman is put to shame 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 humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has 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, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed 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 debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
  • Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a banner; publish, and do not hide it: 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 who understood and sought God.
  • Ps 53:1-2 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought God.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORD, how great are your works! And your thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
  • Ps 115:5 : 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
  • Ps 135:17-18 : 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:14-15
    2 verses
    97%

    14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated 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
    3 verses
    80%

    9Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

    10Who has formed a god, or cast a carved 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
    2 verses
    80%

    18What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols?

    19Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.

  • Ps 135:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

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

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

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

    18Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.

  • Jer 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol 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 are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • Isa 41:29
    77%

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

  • Isa 40:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

    19The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains.

    20He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved.

  • Ps 115:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat.

    8Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.

  • Ps 115:4
    76%

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

  • Isa 44:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god.

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

    19And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree?

  • Jer 16:20
    74%

    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

  • Isa 31:7
    73%

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

  • Isa 42:17
    73%

    17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in carved images, that say to the molded images, 'You are our gods.'

  • Isa 45:16
    73%

    16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together, those who are makers of idols.

  • Isa 2:8
    72%

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

  • Isa 44:15
    72%

    15Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.

  • Jer 6:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Rom 1:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

  • Deut 27:15
    71%

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

  • Isa 46:6
    71%

    6They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.

  • Isa 37:19
    71%

    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
    71%

    7Confounded be all who serve carved images, who boast of idols: worship him, all you gods.

  • Hos 13:2
    71%

    2And now they sin more and more, and have made 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
    70%

    6For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Isa 17:8
    70%

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

  • Isa 29:16
    70%

    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
    70%

    18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Prov 19:3
    69%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Isa 2:22
    69%

    22Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

  • Ezek 22:18
    69%

    18Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

  • Jer 10:3
    69%

    3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.