22 Bible Verses about Nothing

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Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Numbers 7:9

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

Jeremiah 10:24

Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—
not in Your anger,
or You will reduce me to nothing.

Daniel 9:26

After those 62 weeks
the Messiah will be cut off
and will have nothing.
The people of the coming prince
will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end will come with a flood,
and until the end there will be war;
desolations are decreed.

Luke 15:16

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body in order to boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

Luke 5:5

“Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”

John 21:3

“I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.

“We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

Isaiah 30:7

Egypt’s help is completely worthless;
therefore, I call her:
Rahab Who Just Sits.

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Isaiah 41:24

Look, you are nothing
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

1 Corinthians 8:4

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”

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Nothing Missing

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Nothing New

Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

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