Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

General references

Bible References

They are all

Isaiah 41:24

Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,
And your work is worthless;
The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.
Isaiah 44:9
All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Psalm 115:4

The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Psalm 135:15

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus says the Lord,

“Do not learn the way of the [pagan] nations,
And do not be terrified and distressed by the signs of the heavens
Although the pagans are terrified by them;
Habakkuk 2:18

“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.

Wind

Jeremiah 5:13

“The prophets are like the wind [their prophecy will not come to pass],
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”

General references

1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth.