1 Timothy 1:6
Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,
Titus 1:10
For there are many rebellious men who are empty talkers [just windbags] and deceivers; especially those of the circumcision [those Jews who insist that Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the Law in order to be saved].
1 Timothy 5:15
Some [widows] have already turned away [from the faith] to follow Satan.
1 Timothy 6:4-5
he is conceited and woefully ignorant [understanding nothing]. He has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produces envy, quarrels, verbal abuse, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:20-21
O Timothy, guard and keep safe the deposit [of godly truth] entrusted to you, turn away from worldly and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], and the contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge”—
2 Timothy 2:18
who have deviated from the truth. They claim that the resurrection has already taken place, and they undermine the faith of some.
2 Timothy 2:23-24
But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, having loved [the pleasures of] this present
Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish and ill-informed and stupid controversies and genealogies and dissensions and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.