And turn ye not aside
 From his worship: for then; if they turned aside from that: 
 should ye go after vain things;
 idols, which are vanity, and less than vanity: 
 which cannot profit nor deliver;
 neither bestow good things on their votaries, nor deliver them from evils, or from the hands of their enemies 
 for they are vain;
 empty, useless, and unprofitable; an idol is nothing in the world, ( 1 Corinthians 8:4 ) .