Reference: Vanity
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Does not usually denote, in Scripture, self-conceit or personal pride, 2Pe 2:18, but sometimes emptiness and fruitlessness, Job 7:3; Ps 144:4; Ec 1. It often denotes wickedness, particularly falsehood, De 32:21; Ps 4:2; 24:4; 119:37, and sometimes idols and idol-worship, 2Ki 17:15; Jer 2:5; 18:15; Jon 2:8. Compare Paul's expression, "they turned the truth of God into a lie," Ro 1:25. "In vain," in the second commandment, Ex 20:7, is unnecessarily and irreverently. "Vain men," 2Sa 6:20; 2Ch 13:7, are dissolute and worthless fellows.
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For they had exchanged the truth of God for what was false, and worshiped and served what he had created, instead of the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen!
They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;
Hastings
The root-idea of the word is 'emptiness.' Skeat suggests that the Lat. vanus (perhaps for vac-nus) is allied to vacuus 'empty.' In English literature 'vanity' signifies (1) emptiness, (2) falsity, (3) vainglory. The modern tendency is to confine its use to the last meaning. But 'vanity' in the sense of 'empty conceit' is not found in the English Bible.
1. In the OT.
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But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' "
But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.'
For it was not the fault of creation that it was frustrated; it was by the will of him who condemned it to that, and in the hope
For it was not the fault of creation that it was frustrated; it was by the will of him who condemned it to that, and in the hope
and "The Lord knows that the deliberations of the wise are fruitless."
But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.
and if Christ was not raised, there is nothing in our message; there is nothing in our faith either,
and if Christ was not raised, there is nothing in our message; there is nothing in our faith either,
and if Christ was not raised, your faith is a delusion; you are still under the control of your sins.
and if Christ was not raised, your faith is a delusion; you are still under the control of your sins.
So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.
So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding. They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,
But have nothing to do with foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the Law, for they are profitless and futile.
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.
But do you want proof, my senseless friend, that faith without good deeds amounts to nothing?
They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error; promising them freedom when they are themselves slaves of destruction; for a man is the slave of whatever overcomes him.