Jeremiah 10:14
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.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 10:8 similarly calls idolaters 'brutish and foolish', reinforcing the same critique within this chapter.
Jeremiah 10:21 calls pastors 'brutish' for not seeking the Lord, using the same term for the idol makers' ignorance.
Jeremiah 51:18 restates the following line about idols being 'vanity' and facing destruction, continuing the parallel.
Jeremiah 51:17 repeats this verse almost verbatim, applying the same indictment against Babylon's idols.
Jeremiah 16:19 has Gentiles confessing their fathers inherited lies and vanity, confirming the empty nature of idols.
Jeremiah 13:25 says they trusted in falsehood, directly mirroring the falsehood of molten images.
Jeremiah 2:5 says Israel walked after vanity and became vain, echoing the falsehood of idols in 10:14.
Jeremiah 3:23 declares that salvation from hills is vain, paralleling the theme of vain idols contrasted with God.
Habakkuk 2:18 asks what profit is a graven image, a teacher of lies — parallels the futility of idol-making in Jeremiah 10:14.
Isaiah 45:16 says idol makers will be ashamed and confounded — almost identical to Jeremiah 10:14's language.
Isaiah 44:18-20 elaborates on idolaters' blindness and inability to understand, matching the theme of brutish ignorance.
Isaiah 44:11 says idol makers will be ashamed and fear — directly parallels the confounded founders in Jeremiah 10:14.
Isaiah 42:17 says those trusting in idols will be turned back in shame — parallels the confounded idol-makers in Jeremiah 10:14.
Habakkuk 2:19 echoes the same 'no breath' indictment against idols — a parallel condemnation of lifeless images.
Psalm 135:16-18 similarly mocks idols that cannot see or hear and makers who become like them — parallels Jeremiah 10:14.
Psalm 115:4-8 describes lifeless idols and their makers becoming like them — parallels Jeremiah 10:14's 'no breath in them'.
Psalm 97:7 says idolaters will be confounded — same word and theme as Jeremiah 10:14's confounded founders.
Romans 1:22 describes those who claim wisdom but became fools — directly echoes the brutish idol-makers in Jeremiah 10:14.
Romans 1:23 speaks of exchanging God's glory for an image — parallel to the graven image folly in Jeremiah 10:14.
Exodus 34:17 prohibits molten gods — the same type of idol Jeremiah declares as false and lifeless.
In Acts 14:15, Paul calls idols 'vanities' and urges turning to the living God — echoes Jeremiah's condemnation of empty idols.
In Jonah 2:8, 'lying vanities' refers to idols — same condemnation of those who trust in worthless images.
Hosea 8:6 states the workman made the calf so it is not God, directly reinforcing the shame of man-made idols.
In Acts 19:26, Paul's preaching that handmade gods are not gods matches Jeremiah's critique of graven images with no breath.
In Romans 1:21, Paul describes futile thinking and darkened hearts from rejecting God — similar folly to the 'brutish' knowledge in Jeremiah.
In Romans 1:25, exchanging God's truth for a lie and worshipping creation parallels Jeremiah's condemnation of false idols.
In 1 Corinthians 8:4, Paul states that an idol is nothing — directly aligns with Jeremiah's claim that idols have no breath.
Revelation 9:20 describes idols that cannot see or hear — echoes Jeremiah's 'no breath in them' and their worthlessness.
Isaiah 45:20 describes idolaters with no knowledge praying to gods that cannot save, paralleling the brutish ignorance and lifeless idols.
Isaiah 44:9 likewise proclaims that idol makers are vanity and ashamed, reinforcing the futility of graven images.
Isaiah 19:11 calls Egyptian counselors 'brutish' — the same term Jeremiah uses for all idol-makers being brutish in knowledge.
Psalm 96:5 declares idols are nothing; Jeremiah 10:14 similarly shows they are lifeless falsehoods.
2 Kings 19:18 calls idols 'work of men's hands, wood and stone' — exactly what Jeremiah exposes as lifeless falsehood.
1 Kings 14:9 describes making molten images to provoke God — the same sin Jeremiah says leaves idol-makers confounded.
Exodus 20:4 gives the law against graven images — the very practice Jeremiah condemns as futile here.
Revelation 13:15 depicts an idol given life by the beast — a deceptive opposite to Jeremiah's lifeless idols.
Proverbs 30:2 uses 'brutish' to confess lack of understanding, mirroring the self-description of humanity here.
Psalm 94:8 addresses the 'brutish' directly, calling them to understand—a parallel appeal to the folly described.
Psalm 92:6 uses the same word 'brutish' for one lacking knowledge, echoing the description of idolaters.
Psalm 40:4 blesses those who don't turn to 'lies' (idols) — contrasting the confounded idol-makers here.
Isaiah 46:6 depicts the process of making a god with gold and silver, similar to the founder's work but without explicit shame.