What Does the Bible Say About Words Are Meaningless?

Ecclesiastes 12:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Romans 8:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

John 3:16 ESV / 3 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 7:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 3 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 3 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. ...

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ecclesiastes 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

Proverbs 10:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Psalm 62:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Pray without ceasing,

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

23 Bible Verses about Words Are Meaningless

Ecclesiastes 12:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 62:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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23 Bible Verses about Words Are Meaningless

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Ecclesiastes 12:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 62:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote