Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Vain things
Cannot profit
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Bible References
Vain things
Deuteronomy 32:21 They have provoked My jealousy
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.
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.
Jeremiah 2:5 This is what the Lord says:
What fault did your fathers find in Me
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
Jeremiah 10:8 They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Jeremiah 14:22 Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
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.
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.
Jeremiah 16:19 Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
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 of no benefit at all.”
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
Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
forsake faithful love,
Habakkuk 2:18 What use is a carved idol
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.
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.
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.”
Cannot profit
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
made by human hands.
Isaiah 41:23 Tell us the coming events,
then we will know that you are gods.
Indeed, do something good or bad,
then we will be in awe and perceive.
then we will know that you are gods.
Indeed, do something good or bad,
then we will be in awe
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.
Isaiah 45:20 “Come, gather together,
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.
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 lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
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.
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 10:15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
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Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,
forsake faithful love,