Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Man
Brutish in his knowledge
General references
Bible References
Man
Jeremiah 10:8 They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Jeremiah 51:17 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Psalm 14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
Psalm 92:6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:
a fool does not understand this:
Psalm 94:8 Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
Fools, when will you be wise?
Proverbs 30:2 I am more stupid than any other man,
and I lack man’s ability to understand.
and I lack man’s ability to understand.
Isaiah 44:18 Such people do not comprehend
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,
and their minds so they cannot understand.
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Isaiah 46:7 They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
Brutish in his knowledge
Jeremiah 51:17 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Psalm 97:7 All who serve carved images,
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods must worship Him.
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods
Isaiah 42:17 They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!
Isaiah 44:11 Look, all its worshipers will be put to shame,
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.
Isaiah 45:16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
And
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Psalm 135:16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
eyes, but cannot see.
Habakkuk 2:18 What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
General references
Exodus 20:4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
Exodus 34:17
“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.
Isaiah 45:16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
forsake faithful love,
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools