Thematic Bible: Vanity of

That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment? Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach, Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he? read more.
Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night. The eye that hath scanned him, shall not do it again, neither, any more, shall his place behold him:

They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down. Verse Concepts

Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands! But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble: This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah. read more.
Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him. But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. Selah. Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth; For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him; For, though, his own self - while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself, He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light. A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.

And it shall come to pass - That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty: Verse Concepts

Then went forth thy fame among the nations. for thy beauty,- Foe perfect, it was - in my splendour which I had put upon thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. Verse Concepts

When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. Selah. Verse Concepts

Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him. Verse Concepts

As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion. Verse Concepts

Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised: Verse Concepts

Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty, - Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine. Verse Concepts

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes; Verse Concepts

Lofty, was thy heart in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour, - Upon the earth, did I cast thee. Before kings, did I set thee That they might look at thee: Verse Concepts

Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in. Verse Concepts

Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was! Verse Concepts

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, - and, the voice of a dullard, is with a multitude of words. Verse Concepts

For it was done amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, - but, towards God, be thou reverent. Verse Concepts

A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up, - For a land of images, it is, And with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad: Verse Concepts

but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised, - whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified. Verse Concepts

Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like. Verse Concepts

Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish. Verse Concepts

What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, - though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities! Verse Concepts

Mere palm-trunks turned, they are and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And even to do good, is not in their power. Verse Concepts

Every son of earth had become too brutish to know, - Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame, by a graven image, - For a falsehood, is his molten image Seeing there is no breath in them: Verse Concepts

What, then, am I saying? - that, an idol-sacrifice, is anything? or that, an idol, is anything? Verse Concepts