'Nothing' in the Bible

"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

As soon as the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

"So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

because to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he'll have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

because whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag.

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

He asked them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean?

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

"I have compassion for the crowd, because they've already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

A certain young man, who was wearing nothing but a linen sheet, was following Jesus. When the men grabbed him,

Nothing is impossible with respect to any of God's promises."

He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.

where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets."

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light.

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

Look! I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to destroy all the enemy's power, and nothing will ever hurt you.

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

"I tell you, to everyone who has something, more will be given, but from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing at all."

Neither does Herod, because he sent him back to us! Indeed, this man has done nothing to deserve death.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

We have been condemned justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."

Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

But he told them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the Son can do nothing on his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing, What the Father does, the Son does likewise.

I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

When they were completely satisfied, Jesus told his disciples, "Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted."

It's the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I've spoken to you are spirit and life.

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.

So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.

Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'

Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"

I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

But I replied, "Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law.

There was a great deal of shouting until some of the scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued forcefully, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

Paul said in his defense, "I have done nothing wrong against the Law of the Jews, or of the Temple, or of the emperor."

If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"

I have nothing reliable to write our Sovereign about him, so I have brought him to all of you, and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I will have something to write after he is cross-examined.

They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

I know and have been persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in and of itself, but it is unclean to a person who thinks it is unclean.

And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying God's commandments is everything.

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.

Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.

and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

For what we are writing you is nothing more than what you can read and also understand. I hope you will understand completely,

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find out that you are not ready, we would be humiliated to say nothing of you in this undertaking.

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.

I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.

Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)

I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.

Did you suffer so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing!)

But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, "The person who keeps the commandments will have life in them."

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

so that you may win the respect of outsiders, and have need of nothing.

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed.

For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

With God as my witness, as well as the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels, I solemnly call on you to carry out these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.

Nothing to this world we bring; from it take we nothing.

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

Have nothing to do with a divisive person after you have warned him once or twice.

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

Furthermore, it is obvious that our Lord was a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from that tribe.

since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?

In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.

Nothing unclean, or anyone who does anything detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb's Book of Life will enter it.