12 Bible Verses about Lack Of Meaning
Most Relevant Verses
The sovereign master says, "These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.
When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."
But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
