17 Bible Verses about Useless Religion

If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.

You said, "It is futile to serve God,' and, "What did we get out of it when we carried out his requirements and went about like mourners in the presence of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies?'

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

Do you want proof, you foolish person, that faith without actions is worthless?

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.

and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.

and if the Messiah has not been raised, your faith is worthless and you are still imprisoned by your sins.

For the Messiah did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah won't be emptied of its power.

Their worship of me is empty, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'"

Their worship of me is worthless, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'

I kept my heart pure for nothing and kept my hands clean from guilt.

Since, then, we are working with God, we plead with you not to accept God's grace in vain.