Isaiah 41:24

New International Reader's Version

But you false gods are less than nothing. Your actions are completely worthless. I hate it when people worship you.

Cross References

Psalm 115:8

Those who make statues of gods will be like them. So will all those who trust in them.

Proverbs 28:9

If you don’t pay attention to my instruction, even your prayers are hated.

Proverbs 3:32

The Lord really hates sinful people. But he makes honest people his closest friends.

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

Isaiah 41:29

So they are not really gods at all. What they do does not amount to anything. They are as useless as wind.

Isaiah 66:24

“When they go out of Jerusalem, they will see the dead bodies of those who refused to obey me. The worms that eat their bodies will not die. The fire that burns them will not be put out. It will make everyone sick just to look at them.”

Jeremiah 10:14

No one has any sense or knows anything at all. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his gods. The metal gods he has made are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless things that people make fun of. When the Lord judges them, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:5

The statues of their gods can’t speak. They are like scarecrows in a field of cucumbers. Their statues have to be carried around because they can’t walk. So do not be afraid of their gods. They can’t do you any harm. And they can’t do you any good either.”

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense. They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, here is what I say about eating food sacrificed to statues of gods. We know that “a god made by human hands is really nothing at all in the world.” We know that “there is only one God.”

Deuteronomy 27:15

“May anyone who makes a statue of a god and sets it up in secret be under the Lord’s curse. That statue is made by a skilled worker. And the Lord hates it.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn the statues of their gods in the fire. Don’t wish for the silver and gold on those statues. Don’t take it for yourselves. If you do, it will be a trap for you. The Lord your God hates it.

Deuteronomy 7:26

Don’t bring anything he hates into your house. If you do, you will be completely destroyed along with it. So hate it with all your heart. It is set apart to be destroyed.

Revelation 17:5

The name written on her forehead was a mystery. Here is what it said. The Great City of Babylon The Mother of Prostitutes The Mother of Everything on Earth that God Hates