1 Samuel 12:21
Don’t turn away to follow worthless
Habakkuk 2:18
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Jeremiah 10:15
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 16:19
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols
1 Corinthians 8:4
About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
Deuteronomy 11:16
Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods.
Deuteronomy 32:21
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
Psalm 115:4-8
made by human hands.
Isaiah 41:23-24
then we will know that you are gods.
Indeed, do something good or bad,
then we will be in awe
Isaiah 41:29
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 44:9-10
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 45:20
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Isaiah 46:7
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Jeremiah 2:5
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
Jeremiah 2:13
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 10:8
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Jeremiah 14:22
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
Jonah 2:8
forsake faithful love,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Vain things
Cannot profit
General references
Bible References
Vain things
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Cannot profit
made by human hands.
then we will know that you are gods.
Indeed, do something good or bad,
then we will be in awe
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
General references
forsake faithful love,