Psalms 115:8
Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
In Context
9O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:9Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
Jeremiah 10:14Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
Habakkuk 2:18What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:2-9
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not:… Read the whole commentary →