9 Bible Verses about Empty Things

They answered: If you return the Ark of the Covenant of the God of Israel, you must send with it a gift (guilt offering) to him to pay for your sin. The Ark must not go back without a gift. In this way you will be healed. You will find out why he continues to punish you.

There was nothing inside the Ark of the Covenant except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when Jehovah made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.

Then set it empty on its coals so that it may be hot and its copper may glow and its filthiness may be melted in it. Let its rust be consumed.

Jonathan said to him: Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival. Your absence will be noticed if you are not at the meal.

He ate by the wall, just as he always did. Jonathan sat across from him. Abner sat next to him. But David's place was empty.

David's place was still empty the day after the New Moon Festival. Saul asked Jonathan: Why has that son of Jesse not come to eat with us? He was not here yesterday, and he still is not here today!

They put him into a water pit. It had no water in it.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.

The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken and its witnesses are despised. No one is respected.