'Worthless' in the Bible

You shall not take up the name of Yahweh your God for worthless purpose, for Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who uses his name for worthless purpose.

{worthless men} have gone out from your midst and have seduced the inhabitants of their town, {saying}, 'Let us go and serve other gods!' whom you have not known,

And they gave to him seventy [pieces of] silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them worthless and reckless men, and {they followed him}.

Do not regard your female servant as {worthless}, but because of the extent of my worries and my provocation I have spoken all of this."

Now the sons of Eli [were] {worthless scoundrels}; they did not know Yahweh.

However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.

However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second [best] of the young fatlings and {all that was valuable}; they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed.

Please do not let my lord set his heart against {this worthless man}, Nabal; for as his name, so [is] he. Nabal [is] his name, and stupidity [is] with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

When David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David. She said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today {by uncovering himself} before the eyes of the maids of his servants, {as the total exposure of a worthless one}."

and worthless men, {sons of wickedness}, were gathered about him and became hostile against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was a boy and gentle of heart and was not strong enough [to stand] before them.

For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}.

"But you {whitewash with lies}; all of you [are] {worthless healers}.

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

Turn away my eyes from looking at [what is] worthless; revive me in your ways.

A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

A worthless witness will mock justice, and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.

Look! you [are] nothing, and your work [is] something worthless; whoever chooses you [is] an abomination.

And Yahweh said to me, "The prophets [are] prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them, and I have not commanded them, and I have not spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, and a divination, worthless, and the deceitfulness of their {minds}."

Therefore thus says Yahweh, "If you turn back, then I will take you back. You will stand {before me}. And if you utter [what is] precious and not [what is] worthless, you will be as my mouth. They will turn back to you, and you will not turn back to them.

They [are] worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will perish.

Your prophets had a vision for you, false and worthless; they have not exposed your sin, to restore your fortune; they have seen oracles for you, false and misleading.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "And I will destroy [the] idols, and I will put an end to [the] worthless idols from Memphis. And there will {no longer be} a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "Your name will no longer be sown. I will cut off {the idols and images} from the {temple} of your gods; {I will send you to the grave} because you are worthless."

"Woe, my worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! [May] a sword [fall] on his arm and on {his right eye}! May his arm wither completely and {his right eye} be utterly blinded!"

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness--in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

and saying, "Men, why are you doing these [things]? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news [that] you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things [that are] in them--

But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason's house, they were looking for them to bring [them] out to the popular assembly.

All have turned aside together; they have become worthless; [There] is no one who practices kindness; [there] is not even one.

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

But [if it] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning.

If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.