Isaiah 44:9

New International Version

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:18

They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

Psalm 115:4

But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

Psalm 115:8

Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

Psalm 135:18

Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

Psalm 97:7

All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

Isaiah 41:24

But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.

Isaiah 41:29

See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.

Isaiah 42:17

But those who trust in idols, who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame.

Isaiah 42:18

“Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see!

Isaiah 43:8

Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

Isaiah 43:9

All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

Isaiah 44:11

People who do that will be put to shame; such craftsmen are only human beings. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and shame.

Isaiah 44:18

They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.

Isaiah 44:20

Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Isaiah 45:16

All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together.

Isaiah 45:20

“Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.

Isaiah 57:12

I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.

Jeremiah 2:26

“As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced— they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.

Daniel 11:38

Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his ancestors he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.”

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

Deuteronomy 27:15

“Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Judges 10:14

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”