1 Samuel 12:21

New Century Version

Idols are of no use, so don’t worship them. They can’t help you or save you. They are useless!

Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

Isaiah 41:29

Look, all these idols are false. They cannot do anything; they are worth nothing.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who have escaped from other nations, gather together and come before me; come near together. People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing. They pray to a god who cannot save them.

Isaiah 46:7

They put it on their shoulders and carry it. They set it in its place, and there it stands; it cannot move from its place. People may yell at it, but it cannot answer. It cannot save them from their troubles.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:8

Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do foreign idols have the power to bring rain? Does the sky itself have the power to send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. You are our only hope, because you are the one who made all these things.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have done two evils: They have turned away from me, the spring of living water. And they have dug their own wells, which are broken wells that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves.

Jonah 2:8

“People who worship useless idols give up their loyalty to you.

Jonah 2:9

But I will praise and thank you while I give sacrifices to you, and I will keep my promises to you. Salvation comes from the Lord!”

Habakkuk 2:18

“An idol does no good, because a human made it; it is only a statue that teaches lies. The one who made it expects his own work to help him, but he makes idols that can’t even speak!

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing these things? We are only human beings like you. We are bringing you the Good News and are telling you to turn away from these worthless things and turn to the living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful, or you will be fooled and will turn away to serve and worship other gods.

Deuteronomy 30:17

But if you turn away from the Lord and do not obey him, if you are led to bow and serve other gods,

Deuteronomy 32:21

They used things that are not gods to make me jealous and worthless idols to make me angry. So I will use those who are not a nation to make them jealous; I will use a nation that does not understand to make them angry.