22 occurrences

'Nothing' in the Bible

"People will come there armed with bows and arrows, because the entire land will be nothing but briers and thorns.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses Of

Take counsel together, but it will all be for nothing; go ahead and talk, but it will all be for nothing, for God is with us."

Verse ConceptsBattlesGod, Purpose OfPlansStriving With GodGod With YouTragedyGod's Plan For Uspositivity

My hand has found, as if in a nest, the wealth of the people; and as one gathers eggs that have been abandoned, so I have gathered all the inhabitants of the earth. Nothing moved a wing, opened its mouth, or chirped.'

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsWings Of BirdsBird Soundsrelentless

Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.

Verse ConceptsMoney's Deficiencies

The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage, and I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult idols and spirits of the dead, and mediums and spiritists.

Verse ConceptsadvisersHuman EmotionGuidance, Need For God'sHeart, HumanMediumsPessimismPlansSpiritsDivinationNecromancyLosing CourageOccultismOccult Being Powerless Before God

And the bulrushes along the Nile, along the mouth of the Nile, will wither away. All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched, and they will be blown away; there will be nothing left.

Verse ConceptsBooks

Zoan's princes are nothing but fools; the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I'm a descendant of wise men, a descendant of ancient kings"?

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Bad Human AdviceWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanFoolish People

As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do.

Verse ConceptsPeople's Inability To SaveUnable To Save

They will name it "No Kingdom There," and all its princes will come to nothing.

Verse ConceptsNoblesOther Unimportant People

Hezekiah was delighted with them, and showed them everything in his treasure-houses the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oils, his entire armory, and everything found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesDisplayingArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metals

"What did they see in your palace?" he asked. "They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah replied. "There is nothing in my treasuries that I did not show them."

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

"The days are surely coming when everything in your palace and all that your ancestors have stored up to this day will be carried off to Babylon. They will come in, and nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To Babylon

All the nations are as nothing before him they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.

Verse ConceptsOther Unimportant People

who brings princes to nothing, and makes void the rulers of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeStrength, Divine

Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing; those who fight you like nothing at all!"

Verse ConceptsNon ExistenceSeeking But Not Finding PeopleWarEnemy Attacks

"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."

Verse ConceptsIdols Not ExistingUseless Idols

See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing. Their metal images are only wind and confusion.'"

Verse ConceptsConfusionVanityIdols Not Existingimage

Now, all the forming of images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they know nothing. So they will be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism

Who would shape a god or cast an image that profits nothing?

Verse ConceptsProfitsUseless Idolsimage

"Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse ReligionemptinessGod, Uniqueness OfPredestinationReligionUnreliabilityWoodCarrying IdolsSurvivors Of The NationsIdolatryNature Of IdolatryPraying AmissThose Who Were IgnorantSolar Eclipse

"I said: "I've labored for nothing. I've exhausted my strength on futility and on emptiness.' Yet surely my recompense is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.

Verse ConceptsFutilityLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfHand Of GodReward, DivineUseless LabourTrusting God's PlanNatural DisastersSuccess And Hard Workenergyvindication

For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and you'll be redeemed without money."

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Attitudes ToFinancesFree WillBeauty And Self Worthredeemed

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