5 occurrences

'Worthless' in the Bible

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."

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartComplaintsSorrow

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.

Verse ConceptsGiftsReproachInsultsPrejudiceSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuperiorityTreasonIndividuals Being SilentNo One Can SaveNot Giving

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.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCovetousness, Example OfAnnihilation

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.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFoolish PeoplePeople With Apt Names

Bible Theasaurus

Despicable (12 instances)
Slimy (2 instances)
Unworthy (16 instances)
Worthless (150 instances)
Wretched (22 instances)