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Jeremiah 10:14
Jeremiah 10:14 is verse 14 of Jeremiah chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
King James Version
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
World English Bible
Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Jeremiah 10:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Jeremiah 51:17Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Isaiah 46:8Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Psalms 115:6they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
Psalms 115:7they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Psalms 135:17they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
Psalms 135:18Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”