5864 futility
All human life and human systems are ultimately useless without God, because death comes to all. God wants to deliver people from their futile ways.
Human life is futile
The brevity of life Ps 89:47 See also Job 7:6-7; Job 14:1-2; Ps 39:4-5; Ecc 6:12; Isa 40:6-7; Jas 4:14
Death is the destiny of all Job 9:22; Ecc 3:19-20; Ecc 9:2
The dead are forgotten Ps 103:15-16; Ecc 1:11; Ecc 2:16; Ecc 9:5
Human endeavour is futile
Ecc 1:14 The writer speaks of human life without reference to God. See also Ps 39:6; Ps 127:2; Ecc 2:10-23; Hab 2:13; Jas 1:11
Human thoughts are futile
Ps 94:11 See also 1Co 3:19-20; Ro 1:21; Eph 4:17-18
Human attitudes are futile
Self-confidence is futile Isa 16:6 See also Jer 48:29-30; Lk 1:51-52
Relying solely on human help is futile Jer 17:5 See also Ps 60:11 pp Ps 108:12; Ps 146:3-4; Isa 2:22; Isa 30:1-5; Isa 31:1-3; La 4:17
False religion is futile
Idolatry is futile 2Ki 17:15 See also 1Sa 12:21; Ps 31:6; Jer 2:5; Jer 10:8,14-15; Jer 16:19; Jnh 2:8
Divination is futile Isa 8:19-22; Eze 13:6-9; Zec 10:2
Human religious systems are futile 1Ki 18:29 See also Isa 16:12; Jer 10:5; Ac 5:36-38; Col 2:20-23
Nominal religion is futile
Religious observance without true faith is futile Isa 1:13 See also Mal 3:14; Mt 15:8-9 pp Mk 7:6-7; 1Co 3:1-3; Jas 1:26
Mere religious language is futile Tit 3:9 See also Jer 7:8; La 2:14; Eph 5:6; Col 2:18; 1Ti 1:6; 2Ti 2:14; 2Pe 2:18
Christian endeavour using only human strength is futile Jn 15:5; 1Co 3:12-15
Hearing God’s word without responding to it is futile Heb 4:2 See also Mt 7:26-27; Mt 13:19-22; Jas 1:22-24; Jas 2:20
Sin is futile because it achieves nothing
Jer 13:10 See also Ps 2:1; Ps 112:10; Ps 119:118; Pr 10:28; Pr 11:7; Jer 51:58; Eph 5:11
Faithfulness to God may seem to be futile
Ps 73:13 See also Job 34:9; Ecc 7:15; Ecc 8:14; Isa 49:4
God wants to deliver people from futile ways
See also
4015 | life |
4030 | world, behaviour in |
4190 | spiritism |
5067 | suicide |
5839 | dissatisfaction |
5845 | emptiness |
6203 | mortality |
8032 | trust, lack of |
8748 | false religion |
8768 | idolatry |
8784 | nominal religion |
8820 | self-confidence |