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Habakkuk 2:18
“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!
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Jeremiah 16:19
Lord, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say,“ Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage, for they worshiped worthless idols.
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Jeremiah 10:15
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
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Isaiah 46:7
They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
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Deuteronomy 11:16
“ But be careful. Don’t let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods.
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Jeremiah 2:13
“ For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!
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1 Corinthians 8 4
So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.
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Jeremiah 14:22
Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain? Does it fall from the sky by itself? No, you are the one, O Lord our God! Only you can do such things. So we will wait for you to help us.
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Isaiah 45:20
“ Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!
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Jeremiah 10:8
People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!
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Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the Lord says:“ What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
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Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.
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Isaiah 41:23-24
Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead. Then we will know you are gods. In fact, do anything— good or bad! Do something that will amaze and frighten us.But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all. Those who choose you pollute themselves.
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Isaiah 44:9-10
How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame.Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?
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Psalms 115:4-8
Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
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Jonah 2:8
Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.