22 Bible Verses about Useless People

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,'

You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations.

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver. Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because all of you have become slag, look out! -- I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.

who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!"

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one."

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,