5 Bible Verses about Useless Things

Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies and pedigrees and discussions and wrangling about the Law, for they are useless and vain.

Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.

Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.

Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?