44 Verses About Empty from 23 Books

1 Kings 17:14

For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.'"

1 Kings 17:16

The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah.

1 Samuel 6:3

They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:25

The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.

1 Samuel 20:27

It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?"

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;



2 Kings 4:3

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few.

2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return empty.

2 Timothy 2:16

But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

Deuteronomy 15:13

When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.



Exodus 3:21

I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

Exodus 23:15

You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

Exodus 34:20

The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me empty.

Ezekiel 24:11

Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.

Genesis 1:2

Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 31:42

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

Genesis 37:24

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.



Genesis 41:27

The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

Habakkuk 1:17

Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

Isaiah 24:1

Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

Isaiah 32:6

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the LORD, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Jeremiah 14:3

Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

Jeremiah 48:12

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

Jeremiah 51:2

I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around.



Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.

Job 11:12

An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 26:7

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 35:13

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Job 35:16

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."

Judges 7:16

He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.



Leviticus 14:36

The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 20:10

At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

Luke 20:11

He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Mark 12:3

They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Matthew 12:44

Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

Nahum 2:10

She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

Ruth 1:21

I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"

Ruth 3:17

She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"





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