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Isa 44:9 — They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

make		Isa 41:24,29; Deu 27:15; Psa 97:7; Jer 10:3-8,14,15
and their		Isa 2:20,21; Isa 37:18-20; Isa 46:1,2,6,7; Jdg 10:14; 1Ki 18:26-40; Jer 2:11,27,28; Jer 14:22; Jer 16:19,20; Dan 5:23; Hsa 8:4-6; Hab 2:18-20; 1Cr 8:4
delectable		Heb. desirable. Dan 11:38
their own		Isa 44:18,20; Isa 42:18; Isa 43:8; Isa 45:20; Psa 115:8; Psa 135:18; Rom 1:22; 2Cr 4:4; Eph 4:18; Eph 5:8

Correlating Passages

make

	Isa 41:24	Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.
	Isa 41:29	Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
	Deu 27:15	Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
	Psa 97:7	Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.
	Jer 10:3	For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
	Jer 10:4	They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
	Jer 10:5	They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
	Jer 10:6	Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
	Jer 10:7	Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
	Jer 10:8	But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
	Jer 10:14	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.
	Jer 10:15	They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

and their

	Isa 2:20	In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
	Isa 2:21	To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
	Isa 37:18	Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
	Isa 37:19	And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
	Isa 37:20	Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only.
	Isa 46:1	Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].
	Isa 46:2	They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
	Isa 46:6	They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
	Isa 46:7	They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
	Jdg 10:14	Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
	1Ki 18:26	And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
	1Ki 18:27	And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
	1Ki 18:28	And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
	1Ki 18:29	And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that [there was] neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
	1Ki 18:30	And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.
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	Jer 2:11	Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
	Jer 2:27	Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
	Jer 2:28	But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
	Jer 14:22	Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].
	Jer 16:19	O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
	Jer 16:20	Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?
	Dan 5:23	But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
	Hsa 8:4	They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
	Hsa 8:5	Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency?
	Hsa 8:6	For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
	Hab 2:18	What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
	Hab 2:19	Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
	Hab 2:20	But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
	1Cr 8:4	As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.

delectable

Dan 11:38

But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

their own

	Isa 44:18	They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
	Isa 44:20	He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
	Isa 42:18	Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
	Isa 43:8	Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
	Isa 45:20	Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save.
	Psa 115:8	They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
	Psa 135:18	They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
	Rom 1:22	Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
	2Cr 4:4	In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
	Eph 4:18	Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
	Eph 5:8	For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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