Jeremiah 10:14

New International Reader's Version

No one has any sense or knows anything at all. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his gods. The metal gods he has made are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

Cross References

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven on all people. He wants to see if there are any who understand. He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

Psalm 92:6

Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.

Psalm 94:8

You who aren’t wise, pay attention. You foolish people, when will you become wise?

Psalm 97:7

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

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am only a dumb animal and not a man. I don’t understand as other men do.

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 44:11

People who do that will be put to shame. Those who make statues of gods are mere human beings. Let all of them come together and state their case. They will be terrified and put to shame.

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 57:12

You have not done what is right or good. I will let everyone know about it. And that will not be of any benefit to you.

Jeremiah 10:5

The statues of their gods can’t speak. They are like scarecrows in a field of cucumbers. Their statues have to be carried around because they can’t walk. So do not be afraid of their gods. They can’t do you any harm. And they can’t do you any good either.”

Jeremiah 10:8

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

Romans 1:25

They chose a lie instead of the truth about God. They worshiped and served created things. They didn’t worship the Creator. But he is praised forever. Amen.

1 Samuel 5:4

But the following morning when they got up, they saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground again! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. Its head and hands had been broken off. Only the body of the statue was left. Its head and hands were lying in the doorway of the temple.