Habakkuk 2:18

New Century Version

“An idol does no good, because a human made it; it is only a statue that teaches lies. The one who made it expects his own work to help him, but he makes idols that can’t even speak!

Cross References

Psalm 97:7

Those who worship idols should be ashamed; they brag about their gods. All the gods should worship the Lord.

Isaiah 1:31

Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood, and their works will be like sparks. They will burn together, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”

Isaiah 37:38

One day as Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became king of Assyria.

Isaiah 40:19

An idol is formed by a craftsman, and a goldsmith covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.

Isaiah 41:26

Who told us about this before it happened? Who told us ahead of time so we could say, ‘He was right’? None of you told us anything; none of you told us before it happened; no one heard you tell about it.

Isaiah 42:17

But those who trust in idols, who say to their statues, ‘You are our gods’ will be rejected in disgrace.

Isaiah 44:12

One workman uses tools to heat iron, and he works over hot coals. With his hammer he beats the metal and makes a statue, using his powerful arms. But when he becomes hungry, he loses his power. If he does not drink water, he becomes tired.

Isaiah 45:16

All the people who make idols will be put to great shame; they will go off together in disgrace.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who have escaped from other nations, gather together and come before me; come near together. People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing. They pray to a god who cannot save them.

Jeremiah 10:8

Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the teachings didn’t know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this to the nations. Lift up a banner and tell them. Speak the whole message and say: ‘Babylon will be captured. The god Bel will be put to shame, and the god Marduk will be afraid. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame, and her idols will be afraid!’

Jeremiah 51:17

“People are so stupid and know so little. Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols, because those statues are only false gods. They have no breath in them.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Temple of the Lord to be brought to you. Then you and your royal guests, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. You did not honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.

Amos 2:4

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Judah, I will punish them. They rejected the teachings of the Lord and did not keep his commands; they followed the same gods as their ancestors had followed.

Jonah 2:8

“People who worship useless idols give up their loyalty to you.

Zechariah 10:2

Idols tell lies; fortune-tellers see false visions and tell about false dreams. The comfort they give is worth nothing. So the people are like lost sheep. They are abused, because there is no shepherd.

Romans 6:21

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of them. Those things only bring death.

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know the way you lived before you were believers. You let yourselves be influenced and led away to worship idols—things that could not speak.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who did the miracles for the beast. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his idol. The false prophet and the beast were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Judges 17:4

When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took about five pounds and gave it to a silversmith. With it he made an idol and a statue, which stood in Micah’s house.

1 Samuel 12:21

Idols are of no use, so don’t worship them. They can’t help you or save you. They are useless!