What Does the Bible Say About Meaningless?

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. ...

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Proverbs 26:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

John 6:47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

19 Bible Verses about Meaningless

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Meaningless

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 26:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:47 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote