2 Kings 17:15
They rejected the LORD's statutes, the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and his warnings that he gave them. They pursued meaninglessness and became meaningless themselves as they followed the lifestyles of the nations that surrounded them, a practice that the LORD had warned them not to do.
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
after they have been destroyed in your sight, be careful not to be ensnared as they were. Otherwise, you will seek their gods and ask yourselves, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.'
Deuteronomy 32:21
They provoked me to jealousy over non-gods, and to be angry over their vanity. Now I'll provoke them to jealousy over a non-people; and over a foolish nation I'll provoke them to anger.
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they left me, and pursued worthless things, and so they became worthless?
Romans 1:21-23
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
Exodus 24:6-8
Moses took half the blood and put it in bowls, while he sprinkled the other half on the altar.
1 Kings 16:13
because of all the sins that Baasha and his son Elah had committed and because of what they did to lead Israel into sin, thus provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idolatry.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men will be put to shame. They'll be dismayed and taken captive. Look, they have rejected the message from the LORD! So what kind of wisdom do they have?
Deuteronomy 6:17-18
Be sure to observe the commands of the LORD your God, his testimonies and his decrees that he gave you.
Deuteronomy 29:10-15
"All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God the heads of your tribes, your elders, your magistrates, all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy 29:25-26
Then they will answer themselves,
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock isn't like our Rock, as even our enemies admit.
1 Samuel 12:21
Don't turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or deliver because they're useless.
2 Kings 17:8
and because they were following the rules of the nations whom the LORD had expelled before the Israelis and that the kings of Israel had practiced.
2 Kings 17:11-12
where they made offerings on all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD had expelled before them. They also practiced other wickedness, provoking the LORD to become angry,
2 Chronicles 33:2
But he practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by behaving detestably, as did the nations whom the LORD expelled in front of the Israelis.
2 Chronicles 33:9
This is how Manasseh deceived Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to practice more evil than the nations whom the LORD had eliminated in front of the Israelis.
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
The LORD God of their ancestors pleaded with them time and again through his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on the place of his residence,
Nehemiah 9:26
"Then they disobeyed, rebelled against you, and threw your Law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had admonished the people to return to you, committing terrible blasphemies.
Nehemiah 9:29-30
You admonished them to return to your Law, but they acted arrogantly, and would not listen to your commands. They sinned against your regulations, which if anyone obeys, he will live by them. They turned away, being stubborn and stiff-necked, and they did not listen.
Psalm 115:8
Those who craft them will become like them, as will all those who trust in them.
Jeremiah 10:8
Everyone is stupid and senseless. They follow worthless instruction from a piece of wood!
Jeremiah 10:15
They're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish.
Jeremiah 31:32
It won't be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, "Don't do this repulsive thing that I hate."
Jeremiah 44:23
Because you offered sacrifices and sinned against the LORD, you didn't obey the LORD and didn't live according to his Law, his statutes, or his testimonies; therefore, this disaster has happened to you, as is the case today."
John 2:8
Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the man in charge of the banquet." So they did.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.