Quotes about Emptiness
People are always far away.
— Olga Tokarczuk
The sign that the Holy Ghost is in us is that we realise, not that we are full, but that we are empty, there is a sense of absolute need.
— Oswald Chambers
Life is all about what we look to to fill us.
— Paul David Tripp
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
— 1 Samuel 20:25
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
— Job 3:7
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
— Job 15:31
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
— Job 17:13
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
— Psalm 69:25
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
— Psalm 102:3
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 2:17
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
— Isaiah 5:9
For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
— Isaiah 32:14