3 occurrences

'Nothing' in the Bible

See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

Verse ConceptsFutilityPhysical LabourBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In VainCaused By God

For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

Verse ConceptsBlossomMangersShepherds, As OccupationsBlossomingDeath Of CreaturesNo More Tending The FlockOlive Treesphotography

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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain