Habakkuk 2:18

New International Reader's Version

“If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.

Cross References

Psalm 97:7

All who worship statues of gods or brag about them are put to shame. All you gods, worship the Lord!

Isaiah 1:31

Your strongest men will become like dry pieces of wood. Their worship of other gods will be the spark that lights the fire. Everything will be burned up. No one will be there to put the fire out.”

Isaiah 37:38

One day Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok. His sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with their swords. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon became the next king after his father Sennacherib.

Isaiah 40:19

Will you compare him with a statue of a god? Anyone who works with metal can make a statue. Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.

Isaiah 41:26

Which one of you false gods said those things would happen before they did? Who told us about them so we could know them? Who told us ahead of time? Who told us so we could say, ‘You are right’? None of you false gods told us about them. None of you told us ahead of time. In fact, no one heard you say anything at all.

Isaiah 42:17

Some people trust in statues of gods. They say to them, ‘You are our gods.’ But they will be dishonored. They will be put to shame.

Isaiah 44:12

A blacksmith gets his tool. He uses it to shape metal over the burning coals. He uses his hammers to make a statue of a god. He forms it with his powerful arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He doesn’t drink any water. He gets weaker and weaker.

Isaiah 45:16

All those who make statues of gods will be put to shame. They will be dishonored. They will be led away in shame together.

Isaiah 45:20

“Come together, you people of the nations who escaped from Babylon. Gather together and come into court. Only people who do not know anything would carry around gods that are made out of wood. They pray to false gods that can’t save them.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense. They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you give me strength. You are like a fort to me. When I’m in trouble, I go to you for safety. The nations will come to you from one end of the earth to the other. They will gather together and say, “Our people of long ago didn’t own anything except statues of gods. The statues were worthless. They didn’t do them any good.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who taught my law did not know me. The leaders refused to obey me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal. They worshiped worthless statues of gods.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say, ‘Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’

Jeremiah 51:17

“No one has any sense. No one knows anything. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his wooden gods. His metal gods are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

Amos 2:4

The Lord says, “The people of Judah have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They have refused to obey my law. They have not kept my rules. Other gods have led them astray. Their people of long ago worshiped those gods.

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods. They turn away from God’s love for them.

Zechariah 10:2

Other gods tell lies. Those who practice magic see visions that aren’t true. They tell dreams that fool people. They give comfort that doesn’t do any good. So the people wander around like sheep. They are crushed because they don’t have a shepherd.

Romans 6:21

What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast and the false prophet were captured. The false prophet had done signs for the beast. In this way the false prophet had tricked some people. Those people had received the mark of the beast and had worshiped its statue. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire. The lake of fire burns with sulfur.

Judges 17:4

Micah gave the silver back to his mother. Then she gave five pounds of it to a skilled worker who made things out of silver. He used the silver for the statue. The statue was put in Micah’s house.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don’t turn away and worship statues of gods. They are useless. They can’t do you any good. They can’t save you either. They are completely useless.