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- Two biblical Hebrew words translate as “emptiness.” One, pronounced “rake,” most often means physically empty, as in “Don’t appear before me empty-handed” (Exodus 23:15), but may also describe “wicked people,” as in Judges 11:3. The other word, “Tohu,” more philosophically describes the emptiness of the world before God’s creation.
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46 Bible Verses about emptiness. Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 45:18. Verse Concepts. For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am the Lord, and there is none else. Habakkuk 2:14. Verse Concepts.
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- Matthew 11:28-29 ESV / 84 helpful votes. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 61 helpful votes. A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- Job 15:31-32 ESV / 54 helpful votes. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.
- Luke 11:24 ESV / 45 helpful votes. “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the power or capacity to enjoy them [all those things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] enjoys them.
Feb 2, 2009 · Emptiness. One of the most common refrains we hear from those who have reached the pinnacle of success is that of the emptiness that still stalks their lives, all their successes notwithstanding. That sort of confession is at least one reason the question of meaning is so central in life’s pursuit. Although none like to admit it, what brings ...
Jun 1, 2024 · By emphasizing humility, the paradoxical nature of true wealth, the indispensability of love, the transient nature of life, the deceitfulness of materialism, and the focus on eternal rather than temporal matters, the Bible provides timeless wisdom for combating feelings of emptiness.
—Literally, tohu and bohu, which words are both substantives, and signify wasteness and emptiness. The similarity of their forms, joined with the harshness of their sound, made them pass almost into a proverb for everything that was dreary and desolate ( Isaiah 34:11 ; Jeremiah 4:23 ).
1. ( n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach. 2. ( n.) Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory. 3. ( n.)
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