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2 Kings 17 15
They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He gave them. And they followed idols and became empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the Lord had commanded them not to do as they did.
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Romans 1:21
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
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Jonah 2:8
Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
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Jeremiah 51:17-18
Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.
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Psalms 115:8
Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
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Isaiah 44:9
Those who fashion an idol are all futile, and their treasured things are of no benefit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
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Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.
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1 Samuel 12 21
Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.
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Micah 6:2-3
Listen, you mountains, to the indictment by the Lord, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the Lord has a case against His people; And He will dispute with Israel.My people, what have I done to you, And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.
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Acts 14:15
and saying,“ Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these useless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them.
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Isaiah 5:3-4
“ And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
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Jeremiah 2:31
You generation, look to the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say,‘ We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You’?
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Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, Lord our God? Therefore we wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.
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Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said,“ Because this people approaches Me with their words And honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
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Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!
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Matthew 15:8
‘ This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
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Jeremiah 12:2
You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have also produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind.
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Ezekiel 11:15
“ Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,‘ Keep far from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
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Isaiah 43:22-23
“ Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, Israel.You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.