Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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Bible References
What
Jeremiah 2:31
And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?
Isaiah 5:3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
Isaiah 43:22
"Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
Micah 6:2
Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
Are gone
Jeremiah 12:2
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
Ezekiel 11:15
"Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.'
Matthew 15:8
"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
And are
Jeremiah 51:17
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Psalm 115:8
Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
Isaiah 44:9
All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
General references
Genesis 4:6
The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?