7 Bible Verses about Useless People

[though] we are slandered, we reply kindly. We have become [like] the scum of the earth, the dregs of all society, to this day.

He was once useless to me, but is now useful to [both] you and me. [Note: Since the name Onesimus means "useful," it appears Paul is making an intentional play on the word].

Throw out that worthless servant into the [place of] outer darkness, where there will be crying and excruciating pain.

Everyone has turned away [from God]. All of them have become worthless. No one is [always] kind; no, not even one person."

So, I tell you this, and insist [on it] by [the authority of] the Lord: Do not continue to live with worthless thoughts as [unconverted] Gentiles do.

These people claim to know God [as Savior], but they deny Him by their actions, so they are detestable and disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

and the field [represents] the world. The good seed [represents] the children who belong to the kingdom, and the weeds [represent] the children who belong to the evil one [i.e., the devil].