Thematic Bible: Vanity of

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds, yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him? read more.
He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night. The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place behold him any more.

They were exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain. Verse Concepts

Their inward thought is that their houses are eternal and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man will not abide forever in honour; he is like the beasts that are cut off. This their way is their folly; yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. read more.
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling. Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol when he shall take me. Selah. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for in his death he shall carry nothing away; nor shall his glory descend after him. Though while he lives, his life shall be blessed: and men will praise thee when thou art prosperous. He shall enter into the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light forever. Man that is in honour that does not understand is like the beasts that are cut off.

And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet perfumes, there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well-set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty. Verse Concepts

And thy renown went forth among the Gentiles for thy beauty; for it was perfect because of my beauty which I placed upon thee, said the Lord GOD. Verse Concepts

When thou with chastening dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his greatness to consume away like a moth; surely every man is vanity. Selah. Verse Concepts

Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling. Verse Concepts

As a gold ring in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. Verse Concepts

Schin Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but the woman that fears the LORD shall be praised. Verse Concepts

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim and to the open flower of the beauty of their glory which is upon the head of the fertile valley of those that are overcome with wine! Verse Concepts

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyes. Verse Concepts

Thine heart lifted thee up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I will cast thee to the earth; I will expose thee before the kings, that they may behold thee. Verse Concepts

Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them. Verse Concepts

It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity and sore travail. Verse Concepts

For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words. Verse Concepts

Because dreams abound, and vanities and the words are many, but fear thou God. Verse Concepts

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up; for it is the land of graven images, and they are become mad upon their idols. Verse Concepts

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy soul and whose are all thy ways, thou hast never honoured. Verse Concepts

Being therefore of the lineage of God, we ought not to think that which is Divine is like unto gold or silver or stone, bearing the mark of art and man's imagination. Verse Concepts

They are vanity and the work of scorn: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Verse Concepts

Of what profit is the graven image that its maker has sculpted; the molten image, that teaches lies, so that in making dumb images the maker trusts in his work? Verse Concepts

They compare them to the palm tree, and they do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither do they have power to do good. Verse Concepts

Every man has become carnal and is without knowledge; let every founder be ashamed of the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Verse Concepts

What do I say then? that the idol is anything or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? Verse Concepts