Jeremiah 10:5

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Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.
  • 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
  • Isa 41:23-24 : 23 Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. 24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.
  • Hab 2:19 : 19 Woe to the one who says to wood,‘Wake up!’– he who says to speechless stone,‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 The Lord Carries His People Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”
  • Rev 13:14-15 : 14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. 15 The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame. 10 Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
  • Ps 115:5-8 : 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, 6 ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, 7 hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. 8 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
  • Ps 135:16-18 : 16 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, 17 and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe. 18 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:3-4
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    3For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

    4He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

  • Ps 115:4-8
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    77%

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

    5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    6ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

    7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Ps 135:16-18
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    73%

    16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

    18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Isa 46:7
    72%

    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

  • Jer 10:8
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    8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

  • Ezek 31:14
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    14For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the Pit.

  • Isa 10:15
    71%

    15Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

  • Isa 40:24
    71%

    24Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

  • Ezek 31:8
    70%

    8The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

  • Ps 73:5
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    5They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

  • Isa 14:8
    69%

    8The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

  • Jer 17:8
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    8They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

  • Ps 28:5
    69%

    5For they do not understand the LORD’s actions, or the way he carries out justice. The LORD will permanently demolish them.

  • Ps 75:5
    68%

    5Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

  • Isa 1:29-30
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    68%

    29Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

    30For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.

  • Ps 82:5
    68%

    5They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

  • Job 21:9
    68%

    9Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

  • Jer 10:15
    68%

    15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Isa 40:20
    68%

    20To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

  • Ps 92:12
    68%

    12The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

  • Isa 44:9
    68%

    9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

  • Jer 10:6
    68%

    6I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.

  • Isa 17:8
    68%

    8They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

  • Ps 74:5
    68%

    5They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.

  • Judg 9:10-11
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    68%

    10“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’

    11But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’

  • Ps 92:14
    68%

    14They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

  • Isa 44:18
    68%

    18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

  • Matt 7:18
    68%

    18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

  • Job 8:10
    67%

    10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

  • Hab 2:19
    67%

    19Woe to the one who says to wood,‘Wake up!’– he who says to speechless stone,‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.

  • Job 14:8
    67%

    8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

  • Job 24:24
    67%

    24They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.’

  • Ps 129:7
    67%

    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • Ezek 41:19
    67%

    19a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;

  • Job 18:16
    67%

    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

  • Amos 3:10
    67%

    10“They do not know how to do what is right.”(The LORD is speaking.)“They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

  • Jer 5:28
    67%

    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Jer 12:2
    67%

    2You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

  • Nah 1:10
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    10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

  • Ps 55:19
    66%

    19God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them.(Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

  • Ezek 19:11
    66%

    11Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.