14 occurrences in 19 translations

'Empty Words' in the Bible

The work shall be heavy upon the men, and they shall work in it, and they shall not look upon empty words

Working Hard And Not Being Lazy

because they're not just empty words for you they are your very life. Through these instructions you will live long in the land that you are about to cross over the Jordan River to possess."

How To Live LongCrossing Into The Promised LandUseless WordsLife Through Keeping The LawEnjoying Life

You say (but they are only empty words) ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

emptiness

Is there no end to your empty words?What provokes you that you continue testifying?

Too Many Words

And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

FaultsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSpreading Storiesgossiping

In spite of many daydreams, pointless actions, and empty words, it is more important to fear God.

Bad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only empty words.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

emptiness

None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in empty words, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

emptinessUnreliabilityCharacter Of Wicked

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

Bad LanguageInjustice, Examples OfLawsuitsPerjuryFurrowsPoisonTreatyWeedsCursingSwearing Oaths FalselyMere TalkNo Justice

But I have sent the brothers [See 8:18, 22], so that our boasting about you being prepared will not prove to be empty words.

Useless LabourPeople Sending PeoplePaul's Boasting

{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,

FutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

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