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The Scriptures provide numerous examples and teachings that highlight the importance of being useful in the service of God and others.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the idea of usefulness is often linked to wisdom and righteousness. <a href="/proverbs/12-18.htm">Proverbs 12:18</a> states, "The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing." Here, the usefulness of wise speech is emphasized as it brings healing and edification, contrasting with the harm caused by reckless words.<br><br>The account of Joseph in Genesis also illustrates the theme of usefulness. Despite being sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph's ability to interpret dreams and manage resources becomes useful to Pharaoh and the entire nation of Egypt during a time of famine (<a href="/genesis/41-39.htm">Genesis 41:39-40</a>). Joseph's usefulness is a testament to God's providence and the fulfillment of His purposes through individuals.<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul frequently addresses the concept of usefulness in the context of Christian service and spiritual gifts. In <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">2 Timothy 2:21</a> , Paul writes, "If a man cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work." This passage underscores the importance of personal holiness and readiness to be used by God for His purposes.<br><br>The parable of the talents in <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a> further illustrates the principle of usefulness. The servants who wisely invest their master's resources are commended and rewarded, while the servant who fails to use his talent is rebuked. This parable teaches that God expects His followers to be productive and to use their gifts and resources for His kingdom.<br><br><b>Philemon and Onesimus</b><br><br>The letter to Philemon provides a personal example of usefulness in the early Christian community. Onesimus, a runaway slave, becomes a believer and is described by Paul as "formerly useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me" (<a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Philemon 1:11</a>). This transformation highlights the redemptive power of the Gospel, which can make even those who were once considered unprofitable into valuable members of the body of Christ.<br><br><b>Spiritual Gifts and Service</b><br><br>The Apostle Paul also discusses the usefulness of spiritual gifts in <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/12.htm">1 Corinthians 12</a>. He explains that each believer is given gifts by the Holy Spirit for the common good (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-7.htm">1 Corinthians 12:7</a>). These gifts are meant to be used in service to others, building up the church and advancing God's kingdom. The diversity of gifts reflects the manifold ways in which believers can be useful in God's work.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>The Bible encourages believers to seek to be useful in their daily lives, whether through acts of service, wise stewardship of resources, or the exercise of spiritual gifts. <a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23-24</a> exhorts, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, knowing that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." This passage reminds Christians that their ultimate aim is to serve Christ, making their efforts eternally significant and useful in His sight.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>a.</I>) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2173.htm"><span class="l">2173. euchrestos -- <b>useful</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>useful</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: euchrestos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (yoo'-khrays-tos) Short Definition: <b>useful</b>, serviceable Definition: <b>useful</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2173.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5624.htm"><span class="l">5624. ophelimos -- <b>useful</b>, profitable</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>useful</b>, profitable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ophelimos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (o-fel'-ee-mos) Short Definition: profitable, beneficial, <b>useful</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5624.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5539.htm"><span class="l">5539. chresimos -- <b>useful</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>useful</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chresimos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (khray'-see-mos) Short Definition: <b>useful</b>, profitable Definition: <b>useful</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5539.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3682.htm"><span class="l">3682. Onesimos -- "<b>useful</b>," Onesimus, a Christian</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Onesimos. 3683 . "<b>useful</b> <b>...</b> Word Origin from onesis (use, profit, advantage) Definition<br> "<b>useful</b>," Onesimus, a Christian NASB Word Usage Onesimus (2). Onesimus. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3682.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4851b.htm"><span class="l">4851b. sumphoros -- profitable, <b>useful</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4851a, 4851b. sumphoros. 4852 . profitable, <b>useful</b>. Transliteration:<br> sumphoros Short Definition: benefit. Word Origin from sumphero <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4851b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/5543.htm"><span class="l">5543. chrestos -- serviceable, good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> serviceable, good. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chrestos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (khrase-tos') Short Definition: <b>useful</b>, gentle, pleasant, kind <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5543.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2111.htm"><span class="l">2111. euthetos -- well-placed, ie ready for use</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ready for use. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: euthetos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (yoo'-thet-os) Short Definition: suitable, fit, <b>useful</b> Definition: suitable <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2111.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5623.htm"><span class="l">5623. opheleo -- to help, benefit, do good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> opheleo Phonetic Spelling: (o-fel-eh'-o) Short Definition: I help, benefit, do good<br> Definition: I help, benefit, do good, am <b>useful</b> (to), profit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5623.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5544.htm"><span class="l">5544. chrestotes -- goodness, excellence, uprightness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5544 (a noun, derived from 5543 , "<b>useful</b>, profitable") -- properly, , ie<br> for (for what is ); that is also . 5544 ("<b>useful</b> kindness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5544.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5541.htm"><span class="l">5541. chresteuomai -- to be kind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> be kind. Middle voice from chrestos; to show oneself <b>useful</b>, ie Act benevolently --<br> be kind. see GREEK chrestos. (chresteuetai) -- 1 Occurrence. 5540, 5541. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5541.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6743b.htm"><span class="l">6743b. tsaleach -- to advance, prosper</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), prospers (2), send prosperity (1), succeed (10), succeeding (1), successful<br> (4), successfully completed (1), thrive (2), <b>useful</b> (1), victoriously (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6743b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3276.htm"><span class="l">3276. yaal -- to confer or gain profit or benefit</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively:<br> <b>useful</b>, subjectively: benefited) -- X at all, set forward, can do good, (be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3276.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5532a.htm"><span class="l">5532a. sakan -- to be of use or service, benefit</span></a><br><b>...</b> benefit NASB Word Usage advantage (1), ever been accustomed (1), intimately acquainted<br> (1), nurse (2), profits (1), steward (1), use (1), <b>useful</b> (1), useless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5532a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/kleiser/fifteen_thousand_useful_phrases/"><span class="l">Fifteen Thousand <b>Useful</b> Phrases</span></a> <br>Fifteen Thousand <b>Useful</b> Phrases. <. Fifteen Thousand <b>Useful</b> Phrases Greenville<br> Kleiser. Produced by Don Kostuch Table of Contents. Title Page. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_vi_on_what_is.htm"><span class="l">On what is <b>Useful</b>: not that which is Advantageous...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter VI. On what is <b>useful</b>: not that which is advantageous? On what is <b>useful</b>:<br> not that which is advantageous, but that which is just and virtuous. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vi on what is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_vii_what_is_useful.htm"><span class="l">What is <b>Useful</b> is the Same as what is virtuous...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter VII. What is <b>useful</b> is the same as what is virtuous?<br> What is <b>useful</b> is the same as what is virtuous; nothing <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii what is useful.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_honest_differs_from.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Honest Differs from the <b>Useful</b> and the Pleasant?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> must be taken here in its broad sense as synonymous with moral goodness, from the<br> point of view of decorum.] Whether the honest differs from the <b>useful</b> and the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the honest differs from.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xiv_how_virtuous_and.htm"><span class="l">How virtuous and <b>Useful</b> was that which Elisha Did. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter XIV. How virtuous and <b>useful</b> was that which Elisha<br> did.? How virtuous and <b>useful</b> was that which Elisha did. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiv how virtuous and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/fifteen_thousand_useful_phrases/section_i_useful_phrases.htm"><span class="l"><b>Useful</b> Phrases</span></a> <br>Fifteen Thousand <b>Useful</b> Phrases. <. <b>...</b> SECTION I <b>USEFUL</b> PHRASES. <b>USEFUL</b><br> PHRASES. A. abandoned hope. abated pride. abbreviated visit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_was_useful_for.htm"><span class="l">Whether it was <b>Useful</b> for Laws to be Framed by Men?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF HUMAN LAW (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it was <b>useful</b> for laws to be framed<br> by men? Objection 1: It would seem that it was not <b>useful</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was useful for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_sorrow_can_be_a_2.htm"><span class="l">Whether Sorrow Can be a <b>Useful</b> Good?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF SORROW OR PAIN (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether sorrow can<br> be a <b>useful</b> good? <b>...</b> iii, 2). Therefore sorrow is not a <b>useful</b> good. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether sorrow can be a 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/byrum/the_value_of_a_praying_mother/chapter_xxvii_useful_hints.htm"><span class="l"><b>Useful</b> Hints.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE VALUE OF A PRAYING MOTHER CHAPTER XXVII. <b>USEFUL</b> HINTS. There is <b>...</b> secure.<br> By this means much <b>useful</b> knowledge may be stored. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter xxvii useful hints.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxiii_how_it_is.htm"><span class="l">How it is <b>Useful</b> for us to Take Possession of their Lands.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XXIII. How it is <b>useful</b> for<br> us to take possession of their lands. But the fact that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiii how it is.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/useful.htm"><span class="l"><b>Useful</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose;<br> beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments <b>useful</b> in a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/useful.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/useless.htm"><span class="l">Useless (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is <b>useful</b> in every respect,<br> possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/useless.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/good.htm"><span class="l">Good (8348 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed;<br> promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; <b>useful</b>; fit; excellent <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/good.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/worth.htm"><span class="l">Worth (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (a.) That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or <b>useful</b>; sum of valuable<br> qualities which render anything <b>useful</b> and sought; value; hence, often <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/worth.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/iron.htm"><span class="l">Iron (104 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) The most common and most <b>useful</b> metallic element, being of almost universal<br> occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/iron.htm - 50k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/furnish.htm"><span class="l">Furnish (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To supply with anything necessary, <b>useful</b>, or appropriate; to provide; to<br> equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/furnish.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/practical.htm"><span class="l">Practical (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Capable of being turned to use or account; <b>useful</b>, in distinction<br> from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. 3. (a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/practical.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/education.htm"><span class="l">Education (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Their chief interest centered in the flocks and herds from which they gained a<br> livelihood, and in the simple, <b>useful</b> arts that seem gradually to have become <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/education.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/concordance.htm"><span class="l">Concordance</span></a><br><b>...</b> facilitate reference by giving not only single words, but also phrases under which<br> several passages are grouped, and to make the work more <b>useful</b> by furnishing <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/concordance.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dictionaries.htm"><span class="l">Dictionaries</span></a><br><b>...</b> London, 1661. Winer, GB Biblisches Realworterb. 3rd edition, 1847-48, 2 volumes<br> (still <b>useful</b>). Zeller, H. Biblisches Worterb. Stuttgart, 1855-58, 2 volumes. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dictionaries.htm - 38k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/self-help-methods.html">What does the Bible say about self-help methods? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/postmodern-therapy.html">What is postmodern therapy, and is it biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/intelligent-design.html">What is the Intelligent Design Theory? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/useful.htm">Useful: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Useful (14 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-36.htm">Acts 13:36</a></span><br />For David, after having been <span class="boldtext">useful</span> to his own generation in accordance with God's purpose, did fall asleep, was gathered to his forefathers, and did undergo decay.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm">Ephesians 4:28</a></span><br />Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm">1 Timothy 4:8</a></span><br />Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is <span class="boldtext">useful</span> in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">2 Timothy 2:21</a></span><br />If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16</a></span><br />Every Scripture is inspired by God and is <span class="boldtext">useful</span> for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-11.htm">2 Timothy 4:11</a></span><br />Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is <span class="boldtext">useful</span> to me for service.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/3-8.htm">Titus 3:8</a></span><br />This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also <span class="boldtext">useful</span> to mankind.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Philemon 1:11</a></span><br />who once was useless to you, but now is <span class="boldtext">useful</span> to you and to me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7</a></span><br />For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation <span class="boldtext">useful</span> to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/15-3.htm">Job 15:3</a></span><br />To reason with a word not <span class="boldtext">useful</span>? And speeches -- no profit in them? <br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/22-2.htm">Job 22:2</a></span><br />To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-3.htm">Ezekiel 15:3</a></span><br />Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it? <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Ezekiel 15:4</a></span><br />Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-5.htm">Ezekiel 15:5</a></span><br />Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/u/useful.htm">Useful</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/useful.htm">Useful (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/weed.htm">Weed (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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