Leviticus 18:30
30 aSo keep my charge never to practice bany of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: cI am the Lord your God.”1 Kings 18:26-28
26And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. 27And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28And they cried aloud and dcut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.Jeremiah 2:5
5Thus says the Lord:e“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
fand went after gworthlessness, and became worthless?
Jeremiah 10:8
8 hThey are both istupid and foolish;the instruction of idols is but wood!
Matthew 6:7
7“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as jthe Gentiles do, for kthey think that they will be heard lfor their many words.Romans 1:21
21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they mbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.1 Peter 1:18
18knowing that you nwere ransomed from othe futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
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