"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

They have angered me with that which is no god; and provoked me with their vanities. And I, again, will anger them with them which are no people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation.

Then David returned to salute his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out against him, and said, "Oh how glorious was the king of Israel today, which stripped himself today before the eyes of the maidens of his servants, as a light-brained fellow is wont to strip himself."

And they refused his ordinances and his covenant that he had made with their fathers, and the witness which he had witnessed to them and followed vanity and became vain, like to the heathen that were round about them, of which the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Man is like a thing of naught; his time passeth away like a shadow.

Thus sayeth the LORD unto you, "What unfaithfulness found your fathers in me, that they went so far away from me, falling to lightness, and being so vain?

But my people hath so forgotten me, that they have made sacrifice unto vain gods. And while they followed their own ways they are come out of the high street, and gone into a foot way not used to be trodden.

They that observe vain vanities, have forsaken him that was merciful unto them.

which turned his truth unto a lie, and worshipped and served the creatures more than the creator, which is blessed forever, Amen.

For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.

He conceiveth travail, he beareth mischief, and his body bringeth forth deceit."

But if a man call upon God, doth not he hear him? Doth not the Almighty accept his cry?

O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is travail and sorrow.

They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.

Man is like a thing of naught; his time passeth away like a shadow.

whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their righthand is a righthand of falsity.

Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.

All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.

All people in comparison of him are reckoned as nothing, yea vain vanity and emptiness.

That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;

Lo, wicked are they and vain, with the things also that they take in hand: yea, their images are but wind and emptiness.

All carvers of Images are but vain, and the carved images that they love can do no good. They must bear record themselves, that seeing they can neither see nor understand they shall be confounded.

When thou cryest, let thy chosen heap deliver thee. But the wind shall take them all away, and carry them into the air. Nevertheless, they that put their trust in me, shall inherit the land, and have my holy hill in possession.

Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful."

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

The vain craftsmen with their works, that they in their vanity hath made, shall perish one with another in the time of visitation.

O LORD, my strength, my power, and refuge in time of trouble! The Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the world, and say, "Verily our fathers have cleaved unto lies, their Idols are but vain and unprofitable.

Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God. Because your words be vain, and ye seek out lies: Behold, I will upon you, sayeth the LORD.

As for thy Prophets, they daub with untempered clay, they see vanities, and prophesy lies unto thee, saying, 'The LORD God sayeth so,' where as the LORD hath not spoken.

Shall not the LORD of Hosts bring this to pass, that the laborers of the people shall be burnt with a great fire, and that the thing whereupon the people have wearied themselves, shall be lost?

For vain is the answer of Idols. The soothsayers see lies, and tell but vain dreams. The comfort that they give, is nothing worth. Therefore go they astray like a flock of sheep, and are troubled, because they have no shepherd.

But in vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but men's precepts.'"

In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men,

because the creatures are subdued to vanity against their will: but for his will which subdueth them in hope.

because the creatures are subdued to vanity against their will: but for his will which subdueth them in hope.

And again, "God knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they be vain."

But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also in vain.

If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also in vain.

If it be so that Christ rose not, then is your faith in vain, and yet are ye in your sins.

If it be so that Christ rose not, then is your faith in vain, and yet are ye in your sins.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind,

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind, blinded in their understanding, being strangers from the life which is in God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Foolish questions, and genealogies, and brawlings and strife about the law; avoid, for they are unprofitable, and superfluous.

If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain.

Wilt thou understand, o thou vain man, that faith without deeds is dead?

For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors. They promise them liberty, and are themselves the bondservants of corruption. For of whomsoever a man is overcome, unto the same is he in bondage.