Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Emptiness » Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.
Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.