Isaiah 44:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

Cross References

Job 15:2

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

Job 15:31

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

Psalm 102:9

I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

Psalm 115:4

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psalm 144:11

Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

Psalm 144:8

In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

Isaiah 47:10

For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

Isaiah 57:11

And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

Isaiah 59:13

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

Hosea 4:12

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

Habakkuk 2:18

What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

Luke 15:16

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

Romans 1:25

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

1 Timothy 4:2

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

Revelation 13:14

And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

Revelation 18:23

And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.

Revelation 20:3

And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.