Cross references

Habakkuk 2:19

Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’

or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’

Can it give guidance?

Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,

yet there is no breath in it at all.”

Habakkuk 2:19 BSB

Habakkuk 2:19 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 135:17 (9 votes) and Jeremiah 10:4 (5 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Judges 17 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Habakkuk 2:19 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

  2. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

  3. And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!” …

  4. Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

  5. Psalm 97:73 votes

    All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

  6. To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

  7. From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

  8. They 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.

  9. Every 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.

  10. Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

  11. Daniel 3:13 votes
  12. Daniel 3:73 votes
  13. Acts 17:293 votes
  14. Jonah 1:51 vote

Which verses point to Habakkuk 2:19?

The 10 strongest of 43.