'Nothing' in the Bible

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

And He *said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’

for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”

and He *said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.

and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belt—

there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

“I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.

They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”

And he questioned Him at some length; but He answered him nothing.

No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

When they were filled, He *said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’;

If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

But Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;

Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing.

But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.

for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.

But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness;

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.

You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.