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1 Samuel 12:21

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

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ASV

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

KJV

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תָּס֑וּרוּta.Su.ruyou must turn asideH5493 →
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
הַתֹּ֗הוּha.To.hu<the> emptinessH8414 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יוֹעִ֛ילוּyo.'I.luthey will benefitH3276 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יַצִּ֖ילוּya.Tzi.luthey will rescueH5337 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
תֹ֥הוּTo.hu[are] emptinessH8414 →
הֵֽמָּה׃He.mahtheyH1992 →

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Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? SelahJeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.2 Timothy 2:14Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.Deuteronomy 11:16But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.Isaiah 44:9–10All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.1 Kings 16:13This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

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