uSee Ps. 115:5-7
Genesis 6:5
5 aThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every bintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.Genesis 8:21
21And when the Lord smelled cthe pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again dcurse ▼▼Or dishonor
the ground because of man, for fthe intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. gNeither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 2 Kings 17:15
15They despised his statutes hand his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after ifalse idols jand became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the kLord had commanded them that they should not do like them.Psalms 81:12
12So I lgave them over to their mstubborn hearts,to follow their own ncounsels.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
29See, this alone I found, that oGod made man upright, but pthey have sought out many schemes.Isaiah 44:9-20
The Folly of Idolatry
9 qAll who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 rWho fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing? 11 sBehold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.12 tThe ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. uHe shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 vHe cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. wHe prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an xabomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 yHe feeds on zashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not aaa lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 2:5
5Thus says the Lord:ab“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
acand went after adworthlessness, and became worthless?
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