Deuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 28:64 echoes the scattering and serving wood/stone gods, expanding the curse to all nations.
Deuteronomy 28:36 repeats the same warning: in exile you will serve gods of wood and stone, reinforcing this curse.
Isaiah 44:9 calls idol-makers 'nothing' and says their witnesses neither see nor know — reinforcing the futility warned here.
Jeremiah 16:13 repeats the same curse: exile to an unknown land to serve other gods, reinforcing the covenant threat.
Jeremiah 10:9 details silver and gold crafted by skilled workers — reinforcing that idols are mere human creations.
Jeremiah 10:3 describes cutting a tree and crafting it into an idol — the 'work of human hands' made explicit.
Isaiah 46:7 depicts carrying an idol that cannot move or answer — illustrating the very uselessness described here.
Isaiah 45:20 mocks those who carry wooden idols and pray to a god that cannot save — same theme of powerless man-made gods.
Psalm 135:16 continues: idols have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see — directly parallel to their senselessness.
Psalm 135:15 echoes this with the same phrase 'work of human hands' describing idols of silver and gold.
Psalm 115:4-7 describes idols with non-functioning senses — identical to the powerless gods in Deuteronomy 4:28.
Isaiah 2:8 similarly describes land full of idols made by human hands, echoing the worship of powerless gods mentioned here.
Isaiah 44:13 details the carpenter crafting an idol from wood, directly illustrating the man-made gods described here.
2 Chronicles 32:19 notes that Sennacherib's officials spoke of God as if He were an idol 'work of men's hands' — directly echoing this language.
2 Kings 17:40 records Israel refusing to listen, persisting in their former idolatrous ways — a tragic fulfillment of this warning.
Ezekiel 20:32 quotes Israel's desire to serve wood and stone like the nations, echoing the idolatry threatened in Deuteronomy.
Ezekiel 20:39 sarcastically tells Israel to serve their idols, a twisted fulfillment of the Deuteronomic curse of serving foreign gods.