5845 emptiness
Dictionary of Bible Themes

Scripture stresses the emptiness of human life without God, and notes that Jesus Christ chose to empty himself in order to redeem humanity.

Isaiah 45:18

Emptiness and creation

Habakkuk 2:14

The world created to be filled

See also

Genesis 1:2
Jeremiah 4:23

Emptiness as a symbol of judgment

Ruth 1:21

Human life can be empty

See also

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 3:19; 12:8
Job 35:13

Human words can be empty

See also

Job 35:16
Isaiah 16:6; 36:5
Isaiah 59:4
Ephesians 5:6

pp 2Ki 18:20

2 Peter 2:18
Isaiah 55:2

Human attempts at fulfilment are empty

See also

Work does not satisfy

Psalms 127:1-2
Ecclesiastes 2:17; 6:7
Haggai 1:5-6
Job 20:5

See also

Pleasure does not last

Proverbs 21:17
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3,25
Ecclesiastes 5:10

See also

Wealth does not satisfy

Ecclesiastes 4:7-8
Luke 12:15
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Luke 12:18-20

See also

Material possessions are unreliable

Job 8:13-15; 15:31
Psalms 49:10,12,16-17
Proverbs 11:4
Ecclesiastes 5:15
1 Timothy 6:7
Isaiah 57:13

See also

False religion cannot save

Judges 10:14
Isaiah 44:17-18; 45:20; 46:7
Jeremiah 11:12
Acts 14:15
Micah 6:13-14

Emptiness as the result of sin

See also

Leviticus 26:14-16
Psalms 78:32-33
Hosea 4:10
Haggai 1:7-9
1 Peter 1:18

God wants to remove the emptiness of people's lives

See also

Psalms 81:10
John 1:16; 10:10
Ephesians 4:13
Colossians 2:10
Philippians 2:7

Jesus Christ accepts emptiness in order to redeem humanity

See also

2 Corinthians 8:9

See also

3251 Holy Spirit, filling with
4945 history
5341 hunger
5591 treasure
5839 dissatisfaction
5864 futility
6644 eternal life
8369 worthiness
8748 false religion
8778 materialism
8808 riches
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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