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The concept of being useless is frequently contrasted with the biblical call to be fruitful and effective in one's faith and actions. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, the idea of uselessness is often associated with idolatry and false worship. For example, idols are described as useless because they cannot speak, hear, or save. In <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Jeremiah 10:5</a> , idols are compared to scarecrows in a cucumber field, unable to speak or move, highlighting their ineffectiveness and futility. The prophets frequently admonished Israel for turning to these useless idols instead of relying on the living God. The theme of uselessness also appears in the context of sacrifices and offerings. In <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13</a> , God declares, "Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me." Here, the offerings are deemed useless because they are not accompanied by genuine repentance and obedience. New Testament Context In the New Testament, the concept of uselessness is often linked to spiritual fruitfulness and the effectiveness of one's faith. Jesus' parable of the barren fig tree in <a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a> illustrates the expectation of fruitfulness. The tree, which fails to bear fruit, is at risk of being cut down, symbolizing the uselessness of a life that does not produce spiritual fruit. The Apostle Paul also addresses the idea of uselessness in his letters. In <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Titus 3:9</a> , he warns against "foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the Law, because these are unprofitable and useless." Paul emphasizes that such disputes do not contribute to the edification of the church and are therefore worthless. In <a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Philemon 1:11</a> , Paul speaks of Onesimus, a former slave, who "was once useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me." This transformation from uselessness to usefulness is a testament to the redemptive power of the Gospel, which can change lives and restore purpose. Theological Implications Theologically, the concept of uselessness serves as a warning against living a life that lacks purpose and alignment with God's will. Believers are called to be fruitful, as seen in <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a> , where Jesus states, "I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing." A life disconnected from Christ is ultimately unproductive and useless in the spiritual sense. The Bible encourages believers to examine their lives and ensure that their actions, words, and faith are not rendered useless by sin, disobedience, or a lack of genuine commitment to God. The call to be useful in the kingdom of God is a call to live a life of purpose, bearing fruit that glorifies the Father.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/889.htm">889. achreioo -- to make useless</a> ... to make useless. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: achreioo Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ri-o'-o) Short Definition: I am good for nothing Definition: (lit: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/889.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/890.htm">890. achrestos -- useless</a> ... useless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: achrestos Phonetic Spelling: (akh'-race-tos) Short Definition: unprofitable, useless Definition: unprofitable ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/890.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/888.htm">888. achreios -- useless</a> ... useless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: achreios Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ri'-os) Short Definition: unprofitable, useless, unworthy Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/888.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3152.htm">3152. mataios -- vain, useless</a> ... vain, useless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mataios Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ah-yos) Short Definition: vain, unproductive, godless Definition: vain ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3152.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/512.htm">512. anopheles -- unprofitable</a> ... unprofitable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anopheles Phonetic Spelling: (an-o-fel'-ace) Short Definition: useless, unprofitable Definition: useless ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/512.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3471.htm">3471. moraino -- to be foolish</a> ... be foolish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: moraino Phonetic Spelling: (mo-rah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I make foolish, taint, make useless Definition: ( ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3471.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4550.htm">4550. sapros -- rotten, worthless</a> ... rotten, worthless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sapros Phonetic Spelling: (sap-ros') Short Definition: rotten, useless, corrupt Definition: rotten ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4550.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/692.htm">692. argos -- inactive, idle</a> ... Word Origin from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and ergon Definition inactive, idle NASB Word Usage careless (1), idle (4), lazy (1), useless (2). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/692.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3859.htm">3859. paradiatribe -- wrangling, constant arguing</a> ... arguing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paradiatribe Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay') Short Definition: useless debate Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3859.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2111.htm">2111. euthetos -- well-placed, ie ready for use</a> ... Word Origin from eu and tithemi Definition well-placed, ie ready for use NASB Word Usage fit (1), useful (1), useless* (1). useful, suitable. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2111.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm">3808. lo -- not</a> ... 1), unreliable* (1), unsearchable* (1), unsown* (1), unsparing* (1), untrained* (1), unvented* (1), unwilling* (3), unwise* (1), useless* (1), weak (1), whether ... /hebrew/3808.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/2600.htm">2600. chinnam -- out of favor</a> ... Word Origin from chanan Definition out of favor NASB Word Usage free (1), nothing (4), useless (1), uselessly (1), vain (2), which cost (1), which cost me ... /hebrew/2600.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5532a.htm">5532a. sakan -- to be of use or service, benefit</a> ... Word Usage advantage (1), ever been accustomed (1), intimately acquainted (1), nurse (2), profits (1), steward (1), use (1), useful (1), useless* (1), yield (1 ... /hebrew/5532a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm">1892. hebel -- vapor, breath</a> ... 5), delusion (2), emptily (1), emptiness (2), fleeting (2), fraud (1), futile (1), futility (13), idols (7), mere breath (2), nothing (1), useless (1), vain (3 ... /hebrew/1892.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1802a.htm">1802a. dalah -- to draw (water)</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to draw (water) NASB Word Usage draw water (1), draws (1), drew the water (1), lifted (1), useless (1). 1802, 1802a. ... /hebrew/1802a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm">8267. sheqer -- deception, disappointment, falsehood</a> ... falsehoods (1), falsely (19), liar (1), lie (14), lies (5), lying (12), lying visions (1), perjury* (1), slander* (1), treacherously (1), useless (1), vain (1 ... /hebrew/8267.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/890.htm">890. boshah -- stinking or noxious weeds</a> ... cockle. Feminine of b'osh; stink-weed or any other noxious or useless plant -- cockle. see HEBREW b'osh. 889, 890. boshah. 891 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/890.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/useless_doctors.htm">Useless Doctors</a> ... Chapter 11. "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Wesley's Advice to Travelers; Wesley and the French Prisoners Useless Doctors. Reflecting ... //christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/useless doctors.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxxvi_useless_sacrifice.htm">Useless Sacrifice</a> ... SERMON XXXVI. USELESS SACRIFICE. Preached at Southsea for the Mission of the Good Shepherd. October 1871. Isaiah 1:11-17. "To what ... /.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxvi useless sacrifice.htm<a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/section_1_preface_it_is_useless.htm">Preface. --It is Useless to Attempt to Benefit those who Will Not</a> ... Book I. Section 1. Preface."It is useless to attempt to benefit those who will not. accept help. It seems that the wish to benefit ... /.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 1 preface it is useless.htm<a href="/library/athenagoras/the_treatise_on_the_resurrection_of_the_dead/chapter_vi_everything_that_is_useless.htm">Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected.</a> ... Chapter VI."Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected. Since, therefore, great difference of nature obtains in all animals ... /.../chapter vi everything that is useless.htm<a href="/library/methodius/the_banquet_of_the_ten_virgins_or_concerning_chastity/chapter_iv_the_law_useless_for.htm">The Law Useless for Salvation; the Last Law of Chastity under the ...</a> ... Discourse X."Domnina. Chapter IV."The Law Useless for Salvation; The Last Law of Chastity Under the Figure of the Bramble. And ... /.../chapter iv the law useless for.htm<a href="/library/ugolino/the_little_flowers_of_st_francis_of_assisi/chapter_xiii_of_knowledge_useful.htm">Of Knowledge Useful and Useless</a> ... PART FOUR. HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONS AND NOTABLE SAYINGS OF BROTHER GILES CHAPTER XIII OF KNOWLEDGE USEFUL AND USELESS. ... /.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xiii of knowledge useful.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xvi_how_useless_is.htm">How Useless is the Retirement of those who do not Give up their ...</a> ... Prolegomena. Chapter XVI. How useless is the retirement of those who do not give up their bad manners. Sometimes when we have been ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi how useless is.htm<a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_xxix_christ_is_useless_to.htm">Christ is Useless to those who Observe the Law.</a> ... Chapter XXIX."Christ is useless to those who observe the law. "Let us glorify God, all nations gathered together; for He has also visited us. ... /.../chapter xxix christ is useless to.htm<a href="/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_viii_the_sophistical_arts_useless.htm">The Sophistical Arts Useless.</a> ... The Stromata, or Miscellanies: Book I Chapter VIII."The Sophistical Arts Useless. But the art of sophistry, which the Greeks cultivated ... /.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter viii the sophistical arts useless.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxxiv_useless_and_philanthropic_miracles.htm">Useless and Philanthropic Miracles.</a> ... Homily II. Chapter XXXIV."Useless and Philanthropic Miracles. "Those, then, are useless signs, which you say that Simon did. But ... /.../the clementine homilies/chapter xxxiv useless and philanthropic miracles.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/useless.htm">Useless (47 Occurrences)</a> ... unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless... /u/useless.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/u/useful.htm">Useful (14 Occurrences)</a> ... Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon ... /u/useful.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/w/weed.htm">Weed (3 Occurrences)</a> ... plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious ... /w/weed.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/w/waste.htm">Waste (668 Occurrences)</a> ... 6. (v.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to ... /w/waste.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites (468 Occurrences)</a> ... so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face -- which was being made useless, (See RSV NIV ... /i/israelites.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/d/discussions.htm">Discussions (11 Occurrences)</a> ... Romans 1:21 For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and ... /d/discussions.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/p/prune.htm">Prune (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vt) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune ... /p/prune.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/r/render.htm">Render (95 Occurrences)</a> ... said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless... /r/render.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/i/idle.htm">Idle (33 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. 2. (superl ... /i/idle.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha (70 Occurrences)</a> ... that they threw stones, and the rabbis tell how Elisha was himself punished, but these attempts to tone down the affair are uncalled for and useless (2 Kings 2 ... /e/elisha.htm - 61k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/vestigial-organs.html">How does creationism explain vestigial organs? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Onesimus-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Onesimus in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blood-of-Christ.html">What is the meaning of the blood of Christ? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/useless.htm">Useless: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <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>Useless (47 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/25-30.htm">Matthew 25:30</a> And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (DBY)<a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Luke 13:7</a> And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless? (DBY YLT)<a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Luke 14:35</a> It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear. (See NAS)<a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened. (WEY)<a href="/romans/3-3.htm">Romans 3:3</a> for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless? (YLT)<a href="/romans/3-12.htm">Romans 3:12</a> They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one." (See NAS)<a href="/romans/3-31.htm">Romans 3:31</a> Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law. (YLT)<a href="/romans/4-14.htm">Romans 4:14</a> For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing. (WEY YLT)<a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a> this knowing, that our old man was crucified with 'him', that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin; (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm">1 Corinthians 1:28</a> and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless -- (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">1 Corinthians 2:6</a> And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless, (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-20.htm">1 Corinthians 3:20</a> And again, "The Lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise--how useless they are." (WEY NAS)<a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a> the meats 'are' for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body 'is' not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body; (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/13-8.htm">1 Corinthians 13:8</a> The love doth never fail; and whether 'there be' prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/13-10.htm">1 Corinthians 13:10</a> and when that which is perfect may come, then that which 'is' in part shall become useless. (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/13-11.htm">1 Corinthians 13:11</a> When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe; (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-14.htm">1 Corinthians 15:14</a> If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. (See NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24</a> then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power -- (YLT)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm">2 Corinthians 3:11</a> for if that which is being made useless 'is' through glory, much more that which is remaining 'is' in glory. (YLT)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm">2 Corinthians 3:13</a> and 'are' not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless, (YLT)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14</a> but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn -- which in Christ is being made useless -- (YLT)<a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:5</a> because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour. (See NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm">1 Timothy 4:8</a> Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming. (WEY)<a href="/titus/1-16.htm">Titus 1:16</a> They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless. (WEY)<a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Titus 3:9</a> But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies and pedigrees and discussions and wrangling about the Law, for they are useless and vain. (WEY NIV)<a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Titus 3:14</a> And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives. (WEY)<a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Philemon 1:11</a> who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm">Hebrews 7:18</a> For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness (Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/james/2-20.htm">James 2:20</a> Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use? (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18</a> knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, (WEB)<a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">2 Peter 1:8</a> For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (See NAS)<a href="/1_samuel/12-21.htm">1 Samuel 12:21</a> Don't turn aside; for then you would go after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/25-21.htm">1 Samuel 25:21</a> Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good. (See NIV)<a href="/job/15-3.htm">Job 15:3</a> To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them? (See NAS NIV)<a href="/job/31-40.htm">Job 31:40</a> Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished. (YLT)<a href="/psalms/31-12.htm">Psalms 31:12</a> I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. (See JPS)<a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalms 119:118</a> You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false. (See NAS)<a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Proverbs 1:17</a> Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: (See NAS NIV)<a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm">Proverbs 26:7</a> The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/30-5.htm">Isaiah 30:5</a> For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a> For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6</a> Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Jeremiah 13:7</a> So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything. (See NIV)<a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Lamentations 4:17</a> Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. (See NAS)<a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8</a> Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing. (See RSV)<a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a> "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 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