29 Bible Verses about Futility

whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;

For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

He wrought power by his own arm; he dispersed the proud in the thought of their heart. He cast down the mighty from thrones and exalted the humble.

For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad. And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

If along with Christ you are dead from the elements of the world, why are you dogmatized as living in the world, Touch not, taste not, handle not, those things which are all unto destruction by use according to the commandments and teachings of the people?read more.
Which indeed are having a word of wisdom in will worship, and humiliation, and austerity of the body; not in any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

And responding He said to them, Beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as has been written, This people honor me with lips, but their heart is far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, not with meat; for you were not yet able. But ye are not now yet able: for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man?

But if any one seems to be religious, bridling not his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, the religion of that man is vain.

but reject foolish questions, and genealogies, and strife, and controversies about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Let no one deceive you with empty words: for through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.

Let no one purposely rob you of your prize by humiliation and worship of the angels, trusting in those things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his depravity,

from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking,

Remember these things, testifying before God, that they shall not fight with words, profitable unto nothing, for the overturning of those who hear.

For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion;

I am the vine, and ye are the branches. The one abiding in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit: because you are not able to do anything without me.

But if any one builds upon the foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; the work of each will be made manifest: for the day will reveal it, because it is revealed by fire; and the same fire will try the work of each what soil it is. And if the work of any one which he builds, abides, he will receive a reward:read more.
But if the work of any one shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss; but himself shall be saved, but as through the fire.

For we truly have had the gospel preached unto us, as they did also: but the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith to those hearing.

And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside. But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it; but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended.read more.
But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.

Do you wish to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is inefficient?

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.

knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,

Therefore if any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, having been sanctified, well pleasing to the Lord, having been prepared unto every good work.