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
"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."
Isaiah 44:9
Now, all the forming of images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they know nothing. So they will be put to shame.
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.
Jeremiah 10:2
This is what the LORD says: "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified of them.
Habakkuk 2:18
"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image a teacher that lies because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.

Wind

Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets are nothing but wind, and the word is not in them. So may the disaster happen to them!'"

General references

1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters.

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