1 Samuel 12:21

New Living Translation

Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!

Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.

Isaiah 41:29

See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.

Isaiah 45:20

“Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!

Isaiah 46:7

They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.

Jeremiah 10:15

Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:8

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

Jeremiah 14:22

Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain? Does it fall from the sky by itself? No, you are the one, O Lord our God! Only you can do such things. So we will wait for you to help us.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, “Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage, for they worshiped worthless idols.

Jeremiah 2:13

“For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.

Jonah 2:9

But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.”

Habakkuk 2:18

“What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings—just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.

Deuteronomy 11:16

“But be careful. Don’t let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods.

Deuteronomy 30:17

“But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.