Isaiah 28:20
because the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its blankets too narrow to wrap around oneself!
Isaiah 57:12-13
"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.
Isaiah 59:5-6
They hatch adders' eggs and weave a spider's web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away.
Isaiah 66:3-6
"Whoever slaughters an ox is just like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb is just like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is just like one who offers pig's blood; and whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense is just like one who blesses an idol. Yes, these have chosen their own ways, and they take delight in their contaminated actions.
Jeremiah 7:8-10
"Look, you're trusting in deceptive words that cannot benefit.
Romans 9:30-32
What can we say, then? Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.