Cross references

Habakkuk 2:18

What use is an idol,

that a craftsman should carve it—

or an image,

a teacher of lies?

For its maker trusts in his own creation;

he makes idols that cannot speak.

Habakkuk 2:18 BSB

Habakkuk 2:18 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 10:8 (9 votes) and Isaiah 44:9–10 (8 votes). 44 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Judges 17 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does Habakkuk 2:18 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

  2. All 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. Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

  3. For 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.

  4. You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

  5. say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’ But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

  6. But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

  7. Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; …

  8. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; …

  9. They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

  10. Come, 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.

  11. Jonah 2:84 votes

Which verses point to Habakkuk 2:18?

The 10 strongest of 44.