12 Bible Verses about Lack Of Meaning

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.

but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"

But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.