'Nothing' in the Bible

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;

And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.

And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.

And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?

So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.

Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.

And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.