Habakkuk 2:18

An idol is worthless because it is merely the crafted work of its maker, a teacher of lies in which people foolishly trust. It exposes the utter futility of trusting man-made gods.

Cross-references · 25

• Jer 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
• 1 Cor 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
• Isa 44:9–10All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
• Zech 10:2For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
• Jer 2:27–28say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
• Isa 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
• Ps 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Isa 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
• Ps 135:15–18The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
• Isa 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
• 2 Th 2:9–11The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
• Jer 10:14–15Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
• Rom 1:23–25and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
• Jer 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
• Isa 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
• Isa 1:31The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
• Rev 13:11–15Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
• Isa 46:6–8They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
• Jer 10:3–5For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
• 1 Tim 4:1–2Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
• Rom 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
• Isa 44:14–20He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
• Rev 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Isa 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

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