46 Bible Verses about emptiness

Jehovah says: Who created the heavens? He who is God. He fashioned and made the earth. He founded it and he did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. He says: I am Jehovah, and there is no other.

The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

I see the earth. It is without form and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.

I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?

Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.

Job opens his mouth in empty talk. He multiplies words without knowledge.

We have heard of the pride of Moab and of his arrogance. We know of his pride, conceit and empty boasting.

You give useless advice about getting ready for war. Whom do you trust for support in your rebellion against me?

You say you have counsel and [military] strength for war. These are only words. To whom are you looking for support that you rebel against me?

No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

([Psalm of Solomon]) If Jehovah does not build the house, it is vain for the builders to work on it. If Jehovah does not protect a city, it is vain for the guard to stay alert. It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.

Jehovah of Hosts said: Consider your ways. You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.

The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.

Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there. I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'

Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish. What he trusts in is fragile and what he relies on is like a spider's web. He leans on his web, but it gives way! He clings to it, but it does not hold.

Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless. He will get nothing in return.

One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.

We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out.

When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away. A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your time of trouble.

But the rest of the wood they make into gods, carved statues. They bow to them and worship them. They pray to them and say: Rescue us, because you are our gods. They do not know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut and cannot see. Their minds are closed and therefore they cannot understand.

Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save anyone.

They lift it to their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer. It cannot save him from his troubles!

Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.

They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things.

I also struck you with a grievous wound. I made you desolate because of your sins. You will eat and not be satisfied. Your stomach will still be empty. You will put away and yet will not save. That which you save I will give to the sword.

If you will not listen to me and obey all these commandments, if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments, then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

In spite of all this they still sinned. They did not believe in his wonderful works. He brought their days to an end like a whisper in the wind. He brought their years to an end in terror.

They will eat, and not have enough! They will play the harlot, and will not increase! They do not listen to Jehovah.

Then Jehovah said: Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain and bring lumber, and rebuild my house. I will take pleasure in it and I will be glorified, said Jehovah. You looked for much harvest and you received little. When you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Said Jehovah of Hosts. Because my house lies in waste, while each of you run to his house.

Know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers. [The redemption] was not with corruptible things like silver or gold,

I, Jehovah, am your God! I brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Out of the fullness of his undeserved kindness he gives us one blessing after another.

The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown (mature) man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

You are made full (complete) (perfect) (mature) in him. He is the head over all government and authority.

He emptied (humbled) himself by taking the form of a servant. He was made in the likeness of men.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.