avoid.

Titus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

1 Timothy 1:3-7
As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines . . .

1 Timothy 4:7
But reject irreverent and silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

2 Timothy 2:23
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.

unprofitable.

Job 15:3
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

2 Timothy 2:14
Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words; this is in no way profitable, and leads its listeners to ruin.