Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Emptiness’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Emptiness’ occurs 40 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 32:21 They have provoked me with that which was not God, and they have angered me with their emptiness. And so, I will provoke them with that which is not a people, and I will anger them with a foolish nation.Deuteronomy 32:21
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Job
Job 26:7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.Job 26:7
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 12:2 They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.Psalm 12:2
Psalm 26:4 I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.Psalm 26:4
Psalm 31:6 You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.Psalm 31:6
Psalm 38:12 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.Psalm 38:12
Psalm 41:6 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.Psalm 41:6
Psalm 52:7 “Behold the man who did not set God as his helper. But he hoped in the multitude of his riches, and so he prevailed in his emptiness.”Psalm 52:7
Psalm 62:9 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.Psalm 62:9
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Psalm: 7
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 6:32 But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.Proverbs 6:32
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.Ecclesiastes 1:14
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.Ecclesiastes 2:1
Ecclesiastes 2:11 But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:11
Ecclesiastes 2:15 And I said in my heart: “If the death of both the foolish and myself will be one, how does it benefit me, if I have given myself more thoroughly to the work of wisdom?” And as I was speaking within my own mind, I perceived that this, too, is emptiness.Ecclesiastes 2:15
Ecclesiastes 2:21 For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.Ecclesiastes 2:21
Ecclesiastes 2:26 God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.Ecclesiastes 2:26
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.Ecclesiastes 4:4
Ecclesiastes 4:8 He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: “For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?” In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction.Ecclesiastes 4:8
Ecclesiastes 4:16 The number of people, out of all who existed before these, is boundless. And those who will exist afterwards shall not rejoice in them. But this, too, is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.Ecclesiastes 4:16
Ecclesiastes 5:10 A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.Ecclesiastes 5:10
Ecclesiastes 6:2 It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.Ecclesiastes 6:2
Ecclesiastes 6:9 It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.Ecclesiastes 6:9
Ecclesiastes 6:11 There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.Ecclesiastes 6:11
Ecclesiastes 7:6 For, like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of the foolish. But this, too, is emptiness.Ecclesiastes 7:6
Ecclesiastes 8:10 I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.Ecclesiastes 8:10
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Ecclesiastes: 15
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 40:17 All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.Isaiah 40:17
Isaiah 40:23 He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.Isaiah 40:23
Isaiah 41:29 Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.Isaiah 41:29
Isaiah 49:4 And I said: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”Isaiah 49:4
Isaiah 59:4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.Isaiah 59:4
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Isaiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:5 Thus says the Lord: “What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?Jeremiah 2:5
Jeremiah 16:19 “O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’Jeremiah 16:19
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 13:6 They see emptiness, and they foretell falsehoods, saying, ‘The Lord says,’ though the Lord has not sent them. And they continued to affirm what they said.Ezekiel 13:6
Ezekiel 13:8 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have spoken emptiness and have seen falsehoods, therefore: behold, I am against you, says the Lord God.Ezekiel 13:8
Ezekiel 13:9 And my hand will be over the prophets who are seeing emptiness and divining lies. They shall not be in the council of my people, and they shall not be written in the writing of the house of Israel. Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.Ezekiel 13:9
Ezekiel 13:23 Therefore, you shall not see emptiness, and you shall not divine divinations, any more. And I will rescue my people from your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”Ezekiel 13:23
Ezekiel 22:28 And her prophets have covered them without tempering the mortar, seeing emptiness, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.Ezekiel 22:28
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Ezekiel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Amos
Amos 6:13 You rejoice in emptiness. You say, “Have we not, by our own strength, taken horns for ourselves?”Amos 6:13
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:13 Are not these things before the Lord of hosts? For the people will labor amid a great fire, and the nations will labor in emptiness, and they will fail.Habakkuk 2:13
Number of the word / term Emptiness in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Emptiness’ in the book Romans
Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope.Romans 8:20
Number of the word / term ‘Emptiness’ in Romans: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 40
