1Sa 12:21, Jer 2:8, Mar 8:36 | ESV | STEP | And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver , for they are empty .

a[See ver. 20 above]

1 Samuel 12:21

21 And ^ado not turn aside after ^bempty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

Jeremiah 2:8

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
^cThose who handle the law did not know me;
^dthe shepherds ^{▼▼Or rulers} transgressed against me;
^fthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after ^gthings that do not profit.

Mark 8:36

36 ^hFor what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?