10 Bible Verses about Fruitless Learning
Most Relevant Verses
Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
The sovereign master says, "These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
The Lord says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body.
He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.
Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
Bible Theasaurus
- Fruitless (19 instances)