1 Samuel 12:21

New American Standard Bible 2020

Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.

Cross References

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.

Isaiah 41:29

“Behold, all of them are false; Their works are nothing, Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.

Isaiah 45:20

¶“Gather yourselves and come; Come together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge, Who carry around their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save.

Isaiah 46:7

“They lift it on the shoulder, carry it, And set it in its place, and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may shout to it, it cannot answer; It cannot save him from his distress.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!

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.

Jeremiah 16:19

¶Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility, and things of no benefit.”

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?

Jonah 2:8

“Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,

Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice to You With a voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord.”

Habakkuk 2:18

¶“What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it, Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

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.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Beware that your hearts are not easily deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods, and worship them.

Deuteronomy 30:17

But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them,

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,