Psalms 31:6
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
BSB
ASV
I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.
KJV
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities. Those who will not lean upon the true arm of strength, are sure to make to themselves vain confidences. Man must have a god, and if he will not adore the only living and true God, he makes a fool of himself, and pays superstitious regard to a lie, and waits with anxious hope upon a base delusion. Those who did this were none of David's friends; he had a constant dislike to them: the verb includes the present as well as the past tense.
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Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
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“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.
They 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…
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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.
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Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.