22 Bible Verses about Useless People

O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought?

For he cometh to naught, and goeth his way into darkness, and his name is forgotten.

For it is he that knoweth the vanity of men. He seeth their wickedness also; should he not then consider it?

As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.

Behold, ye stand in your own conceit, as though ye knew all things. Wherefore then do ye go about with such vain words,

For he is even the same, that knoweth the rebellious kings, and sayeth to princes,

Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.

This people is a wicked people; they will not hear my word, they follow the wicked imaginations of their own heart, and hang upon strange gods, them have they served and worshiped: and therefore they shall be as this breech, that serveth for nothing.

All carvers of Images are but vain, and the carved images that they love can do no good. They must bear record themselves, that seeing they can neither see nor understand they shall be confounded.

We are evil spoken of, and we pray. We are made as it were the filthiness of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto this time.

Thou hast made us outcasts, and to be despised among the Heathen.

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross. Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as ye all are turned into dross, behold: I will bring you together unto Jerusalem,

which in time past was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

O idle shepherd, that leaveth the flock! The sword shall come upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be sore blinded."

And cast that unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

they are all gone out of the way, they are all made unprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not one."

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind,

They confess that they know God: but with the deeds they deny him and are abominable, and disobedient, and unto all good works discommendable.

Thus sayeth the LORD unto you, "What unfaithfulness found your fathers in me, that they went so far away from me, falling to lightness, and being so vain?

But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.

and the field is the world. And the children of the kingdom, they are the good seed. And the tares are the children of the wicked.