Isaiah 46:5
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Cross-reference
Isaiah 46:9 states 'there is none like me,' directly reinforcing the same chapter's theme of God's uniqueness.
In Isaiah 46:4, God's promise to carry and sustain is rooted in His unique identity as the incomparable God stated in 46:5.
Isaiah 40:25 echoes this same rhetorical question about who can compare to God, reinforcing the theme of God's incomparability.
Exodus 15:11 asks 'Who among the gods is like you, LORD?' — a direct parallel to Isaiah's question about comparing God.
Psalm 86:8 declares 'Among the gods there is none like you, Lord' — a clear parallel to the incomparability theme.
Psalm 89:6 asks 'Who in the skies can compare with the LORD?' — nearly identical wording to Isaiah's rhetorical question.
Psalm 89:8 asks 'Who is like you, LORD God Almighty?' — reinforcing the same theme of God's uniqueness.
Psalm 113:5 asks 'Who is like the LORD our God?' — a direct parallel to Isaiah's question about God's incomparability.
Jeremiah 10:6 states 'No one is like you, LORD' — a straightforward parallel to the incomparability theme.
Jeremiah 10:7 says 'Among all the wise... there is no one like you' — echoing the same claim of God's uniqueness.
Jeremiah 10:16 contrasts God with idols: 'He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these' — a direct parallel to the incomparability theme.
Revelation 9:20 condemns worshiping idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone — the very folly that the question in Isaiah 46:5 exposes.
In Acts 19:26, Paul declares that gods made by human hands are not gods — directly echoing Isaiah's claim of God's incomparability.
Acts 17:29 says God is not like gold or stone images, directly applying the OT prohibition against comparing God.
Psalm 77:13 asks 'What god is as great as our God?' echoing the same incomparability theme.
Exodus 20:4 forbids making images of God, directly supporting the command not to compare Him to any likeness.
Zechariah 10:2 calls idols deceitful, supporting that no false image can be compared to the true God.