Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

Romans 8:20

for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope

Psalm 39:5-6

Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psalm 62:9-10

Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

Ecclesiastes 11:8

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:19
For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
Ecclesiastes 11:8
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Romans 8:20
for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope