Isaiah 28:20
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, and the cover so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
Isaiah 57:12-13
I will declare your righteousness and your works, yet they will not profit you.
Isaiah 59:5-6
They hatch viper eggs and weave spider webs. Those who eat their eggs will die. When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us wither like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.
Isaiah 66:3-6
Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.
Jeremiah 7:8-10
You are trusting in deceptive words that are of no value to you.
Romans 9:30-32
What shall we say? The nations did not pursue righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the righteousness that is based on the principle of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
For the preaching of the stake is foolishness to those who perish. It is the power of God to us who are saved.