'Worthless' in the Bible
The seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven worthless, scorched heads of grain are seven years of famine.
They have provoked My jealousywith their so-called gods;they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.So I will provoke their jealousywith an inferior people;I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
So they gave him 70 pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men with this money, and they followed him.
Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless.
Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and choice animals, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.
Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
My lord should pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name is Nabal, and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
but all the corrupt and worthless men among those who had gone with David argued, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give any of the plunder we recovered to them except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you worthless murderer!
This happened because of all the sins of Baasha and those of his son Elah, which they committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.
He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins that he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.
They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them.
Surely He knows which people are worthless.If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?
But you coat the truth with lies;you are all worthless doctors.
Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
If this is not true, then who can prove me a liarand show that my speech is worthless?
who says to a king, “Worthless man!”and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?
How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?How long will you love what is worthlessand pursue a lie?Selah
The wicked wander everywhere,and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
I do not sit with the worthlessor associate with hypocrites.
I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols,but I trust in the Lord.
Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.
Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.
Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless;give me life in Your ways.
A worthless person, a wicked mangoes around speaking dishonestly,
A worthless man digs up evil,and his speech is like a scorching fire.
A worthless witness mocks justice,and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
“It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,but after he is on his way, he gloats.
The people will oppress one another,man against man, neighbor against neighbor;the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,and the worthless toward the honorable.
He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,and planted it with the finest vines.He built a tower in the middle of itand even dug out a winepress there.He expected it to yield good grapes,but it yielded worthless grapes.
What more could I have done for My vineyardthan I did?Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,did it yield worthless grapes?
But you are thrown out without a grave,like a worthless branch,covered by those slain with the swordand dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
Egypt’s help is completely worthless;therefore, I call her:Rahab Who Just Sits.
Look, you are nothingand your work is worthless.Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
No one makes claims justly;no one pleads honestly.They trust in empty and worthless words;they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
This is what the Lord says:What fault did your fathers find in Methat they went so far from Me,followed worthless idols,and became worthless themselves?
Listen—the cry of my dear peoplefrom a far away land,“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,her King not within her?”Why have they provoked me to angerwith their carved images,with their worthless foreign idols?
for the customs of the peoples are worthless.Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
They are both stupid and foolish,instructed by worthless idolsmade of wood!
They are worthless, a work to be mocked.At the time of their punishmentthey will be destroyed.
But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.
Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?Or can the skies alone give showers?Are You not the Lord our God?We therefore put our hope in You,for You have done all these things.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says:If you return, I will restore you;you will stand in My presence.And if you speak noble words,rather than worthless ones,you will be My spokesman.It is they who must return to you;you must not return to them.
Lord, my strength and my stronghold,my refuge in a time of distress,the nations will come to Youfrom the ends of the earth, and they will say,“Our fathers inherited only lies,worthless idols of no benefit at all.”
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are making you worthless. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the Lord’s mouth.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked.At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,for he is determined to follow what is worthless.
Woe to the worthless shepherdwho deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm wither awayand his right eye go completely blind!”
and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.
“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.
And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.
But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.