Habakkuk 2:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?

Cross References

Psalm 97:7

Those who boast about the useless idols they worship are terribly ashamed, and all the false gods bow down to the LORD.

Isaiah 1:31

Your strongest leaders will be like dry wood set on fire by their idols. No one will be able to help, as they all go up in flames.

Isaiah 37:38

One day he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, when his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. They escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esarhaddon became king.

Isaiah 40:19

Is an idol at all like God? It is made of bronze with a thin layer of gold, and decorated with silver.

Isaiah 41:26

Did any of you idols predict what would happen? Did any of you get it right? None of you told about this or even spoke a word.

Isaiah 42:17

Everyone who worships idols as though they were gods will be terribly ashamed.

Isaiah 44:12

A metalworker shapes an idol by using a hammer and heat from the fire. In his powerful hand he holds a hammer, as he pounds the metal into the proper shape. But he gets hungry and thirsty and loses his strength.

Isaiah 45:16

Anyone who makes idols will be confused and terribly disgraced.

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

Jeremiah 10:8

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

Jeremiah 16:19

Our LORD, you are the one who gives me strength and protects me like a fortress when I am in trouble. People will come to you from distant nations and say, “Our ancestors worshipped false and useless gods,

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests who teach my laws don't care to know me. Your leaders rebel against me; your prophets give messages from Baal and worship false gods.

Jeremiah 51:17

People who make idols are stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods cannot breathe.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

Amos 2:4

The LORD said: I will punish Judah for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They have rejected my teachings and refused to obey me. They were led astray by the same false gods their ancestors worshipped.

Jonah 2:8

All who worship worthless idols turn from the God who offers them mercy.

Zechariah 10:2

You can't believe idols and fortune-tellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

Romans 6:21

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don't worship idols! They don't have any power, and they can't help you or save you when you're in trouble.