Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says Yahweh: "What injustice did your ancestors find in me that they were far from me, and they went after the vanity, and they became vain?
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected his statutes, his covenant which he {made} with their ancestors, and his warnings which he gave to them; and they went after the idols, became vain, and [went] after all the nations which [were] all around them, which Yahweh had commanded them not to do as they [did].
Romans 1:21
For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They annoyed me with [what is] not a god; they provoked me with their idols. So I will make them jealous with [those] not a people, with a foolish nation I will provoke them.
1 Samuel 12:21
And do not turn aside after the triviality, which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.
Psalm 115:8
[Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 5:3-4
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
Isaiah 44:9
All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.
Jeremiah 51:17-18
All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.
Jonah 2:8
Those who worship vain idols forsake their loyal love.
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, you see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We roam about freely, we will not come again to you'?
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there [any] among the idols of the nation [who] cause rain to pour? Or can the heavens give showers? [Is] it not you, Yahweh our God? Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these [things].
Acts 14:15
and saying, "Men, why are you doing these [things]? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news [that] you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things [that are] in them--
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
Isaiah 43:22-23
But you did not call me, Jacob; for you have become weary of me, Israel.
Jeremiah 10:8
{At the same time} they are stupid and foolish, [in the] instruction of idols, it [is] wood.
Jeremiah 12:2
Not only do you plant them, they take root. They grow, but also they produce fruit. You [are] near in their mouths, but far from their {inmost beings}.
Ezekiel 11:15
"Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all of the house of Israel, all of it, {who said concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem}, 'They are far from Yahweh, [therefore] to us this land was given as a possession.'
Micah 6:2-3
Hear, O mountains, the indictment of Yahweh, and you eternal foundations of the earth, for Yahweh has an indictment against his people, and against Israel he contends.
Matthew 15:8
'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,