'Nothing' in the Bible

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'

When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

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

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey -- neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt 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, nor hidden, that will not be known.

He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."

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

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."

Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We are also coming with you." They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them."

But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."

Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,

When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

"Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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

For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News.

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 don't have love, I am nothing.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

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

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."

so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

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

But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality to man) -- they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

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

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.

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.

Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.