If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?