Jeremiah 2:31 continues God's rhetorical questions about his faithfulness — directly related to the same accusation.

Jeremiah 2:11 elaborates: Israel exchanged their glory for worthless idols, directly continuing the accusation.

Jeremiah 51:18 explicitly calls idols 'worthless, a work of delusion' — the very word used in 2:5 for what Israel pursued.

In Jeremiah 10:14, idolaters are 'stupid and without knowledge' — further reinforcing the worthlessness of idolatry.

In Jeremiah 10:8, idolatry is called stupid and foolish — directly aligning with 'became worthless' in Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 10:3 describes idols as vanity, explaining the 'worthlessness' Israel pursued in Jeremiah 2:5.

Jeremiah 51:17 describes idol makers as stupid and their images as false — the same emptiness that seduced Israel in 2:5.

In Jeremiah 14:22, the prophet contrasts empty idols with God’s power to bring rain, reinforcing that worthlessness cannot save.

In Romans 1:21, Paul describes Gentiles becoming futile in thinking after rejecting God — echoing the same pattern of turning from God to worthlessness.

In Micah 6:3, God asks the same rhetorical question: 'What have I done to you?' — identical complaint of undeserved betrayal.

In Micah 6:2, the Lord also brings a formal covenant lawsuit against His people — same legal context.

Jonah 2:8 states that those who regard vain idols forsake their loyalty — echoing how following worthlessness leads away from God.

Isaiah 5:4 asks 'What more could I have done?' — mirrors Jeremiah 2:5's 'What wrong did your fathers find in me?' exactly.

Deuteronomy 32:21 uses 'no god' for idols, matching Jeremiah's 'worthlessness' — God is provoked when they seek empty things.

Psalm 115:8 says idol makers become like them — exactly the principle: pursuing worthlessness makes one worthless.

In 1 Samuel 12:21, Samuel warns not to turn aside after empty things that cannot profit — the same futility Jeremiah condemns.

2 Kings 17:15 says they 'went after false idols and became false' — a direct parallel to going after worthlessness and becoming worthless.

Deuteronomy 32:15 describes Israel growing fat and forsaking God — the same apostasy pattern of turning from the Rock to worthless idols.

Isaiah 46:12 addresses the stubborn who are far from righteousness, parallel to Jeremiah's 'went far from me'.

Malachi 1:2 echoes God questioning how His love is doubted, parallel to Jeremiah's 'What wrong did you find in me?'

Judges 2:2 recounts God rebuking Israel for disobeying the covenant and not tearing down altars — a similar history of unfaithfulness.

Ezekiel 14:5 says Israel is 'estranged from me through their idols', directly mirroring Jeremiah's charge of going far from God.

2 Chronicles 25:15 shows God asking Amaziah why he sought worthless foreign gods — directly mirroring the accusation in Jeremiah.

Psalm 4:2 asks how long people will love vain words and seek lies — the same 'worthlessness' language applied to those who turn from God.

Isaiah 1:2 echoes the same accusation: God's children rebelled despite his care, paralleling Jeremiah's question about finding fault.

Isaiah 1:4 directly accuses Israel of forsaking the LORD and being estranged, mirroring Jeremiah's charge of going far from God.

Luke 15:13 shows the prodigal son squandering his inheritance in reckless living, mirroring Israel's pursuit of worthlessness and estrangement from God.

In Acts 14:15, Paul calls idols 'vain things' and urges turning to the living God, mirroring Jeremiah's call to abandon worthlessness.

Isaiah 44:9 declares that idol makers are nothing and their idols profit not — the same critique of worthlessness.