Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
General references
Bible References
What
Jeremiah 2:31 Evil generation,
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?
Why do My people claim,
“We will go where we want;
we will no longer come to You”?
Isaiah 5:3 So now, residents of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
please judge between Me
and My vineyard.
and men of Judah,
please judge between Me
and My vineyard.
Isaiah 43:22 “But Jacob, you have not called on Me,
because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.
because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.
Micah 6:2 Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit,
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,
because the Lord has a case against His people,
and He will argue it against Israel.
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,
because the Lord has a case against His people,
and He will argue it against Israel.
Are gone
Jeremiah 12:2 You planted them, and they have taken root.
They have grown and produced fruit.
You are ever on their lips,
but far from their conscience.
They have grown and produced fruit.
You are ever on their lips,
but far from their conscience.
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said:
Because these people approach Me with their mouths
to honor Me with lip-service—
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—
to honor Me with lip-service
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—
Ezekiel 11:15
“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
Matthew 15:8 These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.
And are
Jeremiah 51:17 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Psalm 115:8 Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
as are all who trust in them.
Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Romans 1:21
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.
General references
Genesis 4:6
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?