Cross references
Jeremiah 10:5
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them, for they can do no harm,
and neither can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 10:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 46:7 (11 votes) and 1 Corinthians 12:2 (9 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 13.
Which verses does Jeremiah 10:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 46:711 votes
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- 1 Corinthians 12:29 votes
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- Psalm 115:5–86 votes
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; …
- Isaiah 41:23–246 votes
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay. Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
- Psalm 135:16–185 votes
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. …
- Isaiah 46:15 votes
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Habakkuk 2:195 votes
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.”
- 1 Corinthians 8:45 votes
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
- Revelation 13:14–155 votes
Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
- Isaiah 44:9–104 votes
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?
- Isaiah 45:204 votes
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.
Which verses point to Jeremiah 10:5?
The 10 strongest of 43.