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2 Kings 17 15
And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them.
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Romans 1:21
because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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Jonah 2:8
“ Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
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Jeremiah 51:17-18
Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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Psalms 115:8
Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.
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Isaiah 44:9
Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
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Jeremiah 10:14-15
Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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1 Samuel 12 21
And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.
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Micah 6:2-3
Hear, O you mountains, the LORD’s complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the Lord has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel.“ O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
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Acts 14:15
and saying,“ Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
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Isaiah 5:3-4
“ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.What more could have been done to My vineyard That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes?
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Jeremiah 2:31
“ O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say,‘ We are lords; We will come no more to You’?
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Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.
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Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said:“ Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
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Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
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Matthew 15:8
‘ These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
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Jeremiah 12:2
You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.
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Ezekiel 11:15
“ Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,‘ Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
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Isaiah 43:22-23
“ But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.