Idolatry Is Ridiculous

¹⁷ And of the residue he maketh him a god, and an Idol for himself. He kneeleth before it, he worshippeth it, he prayeth unto it, and sayeth, "Deliver me, for thou art my god!" ¹⁸ Yet men neither consider nor understand; because their eyes are stopped that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they can not perceive. ¹⁹ They ponder not in their minds, for they have neither knowledge nor understanding, to think thus, "I have burnt one piece in the fire; I have baked bread with the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh withal, and eaten it: shall I now of the residue make an abomination, and fall down before a rotten piece of wood?"

Have No Knowledge

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Psalm 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations.

Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD shall give you a hard-sleeping spirit, and close your eyes. Your Prophets also, and heads which should see; them shall he cover.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity:

Jeremiah 10:14

His wisdom maketh all men fools. And confounded be all casters of images, for that they cast is but a vain thing, and hath no life.

Psalm 92:6

An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it -

Proverbs 2:5-9

then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 28:5

Wicked men discern not the thing that is right, but they that seek after the LORD, discuss all things.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his master's crib; but Israel knoweth nothing. My people hath no understanding.

Isaiah 6:9-10

And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.

Isaiah 44:9

All carvers of Images are but vain, and the carved images that they love can do no good. They must bear record themselves, that seeing they can neither see nor understand they shall be confounded.

Isaiah 44:20

The keeping of dust, and foolishness of heart hath turned them aside: so that none of them can have a free conscience to think, "Do not I err?"

Isaiah 45:20

Let them be gathered and come together, let them draw nigh hither, that are escaped of the people: Have they any understanding, that set up the stocks of their Idols, and praise unto a god, that cannot help them?

Isaiah 46:7-8

Yet must he be taken on men's shoulders and borne, and set in his place, that he may stand and not move. Alas that men should cry unto him, which giveth no answer; and delivereth not the man that calleth upon him, from his trouble.

Isaiah 56:11

They are shameless dogs, that be never satisfied. The shepherds also in like manner have no understanding, but every man turneth his own way, everyone after his own covetousness, with all his power.

Jeremiah 5:21

"Hear this, thou foolish and indiscreet people: ye have eyes, but ye see not; ears have ye, but ye hear not.

Daniel 12:10

and many shall be purified, cleansed and tried. But the ungodly shall live wickedly, and those wicked, as many as they be, shall have no understanding. As for such as have understanding, they shall regard it.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise to understand these things and hath wit to perceive them? For the ways of the LORD are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the wicked shall tumble in them.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 13:14-15

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which prophecy saith, 'With the ears ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and with the eyes ye shall see, and shall not perceive."

John 5:44

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh of God only?

John 8:43

Why do ye not know my speech? Even because ye cannot abide the hearing of my words.

John 12:39-40

Therefore could they not believe, because that Isaiah saith again,

Acts 14:16

the which in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Romans 1:21-23

inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.

Romans 1:28

And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

Romans 11:8-10

according as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of unquietness: eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, even unto this day."

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

If our Gospel be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost,

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders:

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls. Hearts they have exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children,