36 Bible Verses about Vanity
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Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy good things; and, behold, this also is vanity.
so I am made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
I loathed life; I do not desire to live for ever; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah.
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.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. And I turned myself to behold wisdom and those who are mad, and folly; for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has already been done. And I have seen that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.read more.
The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness: And I myself also understood that one event happens to the one and to the other. Then I said in my heart, As it shall happen to the fool, so it shall happen even to me. Why have I worked until now to make myself wiser? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever, seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And also the wise man shall die the same as the fool. Therefore I hated life because every work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all was vanity and vexation of spirit. Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool, he who shall have rule over all my labour in which I have laboured and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun? This is also vanity. Therefore my heart began to despair again regarding all the labour which I took under the sun. That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil. For what does man have of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart in which he has laboured under the sun? For all his days are only sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity. There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. I also have seen that this is from the hand of God. For who can eat, or who can care for himself better than I? For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; so that a man has no more breath than a beast: for all is vanity.
Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh. Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.read more.
Then I returned, and I saw another vanity under the sun. 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.
There is no end of all the people that have been before them; those also that come after shall not be content in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity.
A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honour so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but the strangers eat it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. If a man begets a hundred sons and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his soul is not filled with good and also that he have no burial; I say that an aborted birth is better than he. For he came in vain and departs unto darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
It is better to enjoy the good that is present than the wandering of desire; this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. He that is has been named already; and it is known that he is man and that he shall not be able to contend with him that is mightier than he. Certainly the many words multiply vanity, what more does man have?
The laughter of the fool is as the crackling of thorns under a pot, and this also (the laughter or prosperity of the fool) is vanity.
Then I also saw that the wicked who were buried came into remembrance more than those who had frequented the holy place, and these were forgotten in the city where they had worked uprightly. This also is vanity.
There is another vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are just men, who are recompensed as if they had done according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, who are recompensed as if they had done according to the work of the righteous; I say that this also is vanity.
but if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all; yet if afterwards he remembers the days of darkness, for they shall be many, he shall say that everything that shall have happened to him is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Those that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and that which is most precious to them is useful for nothing; and they are their own witnesses that they do not see, nor understand; therefore, they shall be ashamed.
For the earnest hope of the creatures waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities; and I also will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with foolish Gentiles.
for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah, his son, by which they sinned and by which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
thus hath the LORD said, What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain?
But they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the time of the affliction; Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things that are therein,
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Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanity
Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not trodden;
Man » Compared to » Vanity
Vanity » Foolish questions, &c are
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,
But avoid profane and vain wordiness, for it will develop into ungodliness.
Counsel these things, charging them before the Lord. Strive not in words that profit nothing, but rather subvert the hearers.
from which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vanity of words,
Vanity » Idolatry is
But they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not trodden;
And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he testified against them, and they followed vanity and became vain and went after the Gentiles that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Those that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and that which is most precious to them is useful for nothing; and they are their own witnesses that they do not see, nor understand; therefore, they shall be ashamed. Who has formed God? And who cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Vanity » The reward for following vanity
For so it was that the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods and walked in the statutes of the Gentiles, whom the LORD had cast out from before the sons of Israel, and in the statutes of the kings of Israel, which they had made. And the sons of Israel had secretly done those things that were not right against the LORD their God, building themselves high places in all their cities, from the towers of the watchmen to the fenced cities. read more.
And they had set themselves up images and groves in every high hill and under every green tree; and there they burnt incense in all the high places like the Gentiles, whom the LORD had carried away before them, and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: serving idols, of which the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this. Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my slaves the prophets. Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who had never believed in the LORD their God. And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he testified against them, and they followed vanity and became vain and went after the Gentiles that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God and made themselves molten images, even two calves, and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served Baal; and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire and used divination and enchantments and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Therefore, the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. But not even Judah kept the commandments of the LORD their God; to the contrary, they walked in the statutes of Israel which they themselves had made. And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers until he had cast them out of his presence. For he rent Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin. For the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his slaves the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
He shall not be established; in vanity he shall err; therefore, he shall be changed into vanity.
Therefore thus hath the LORD said; Ask now among the Gentiles, who has heard such things: the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. Will anyone leave the snow of the rock of the field that flows from Lebanon? or shall they forsake the singular, cold, flowing waters? Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not trodden; read more.
to make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished and wag his head. I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their perdition.
Vanity » Foolish questions are
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,
But avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and debates concerning the law, for they are unprofitable and vain.
But avoid profane and vain wordiness, for it will develop into ungodliness.
Counsel these things, charging them before the Lord. Strive not in words that profit nothing, but rather subvert the hearers.
from which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vanity of words, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor from where they affirm.
Vanity » Heaping up riches is
For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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.
Vanity » The wicked » Speak
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
And if he came to see me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and when he goes out, he tells it.
Vanity » The wicked » Imagine
who (in the Holy Spirit) by the mouth of thy servant David (our father) hast said, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?
because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Vanity » Who became vain
This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart, who, after losing all sense of feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of men, who hold back the truth with injustice; because that which is known of God is manifest to them; for God has showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, his eternal power and divinity, are clearly understood by the creation of the world and by the things that are made so that there is no excuse; read more.
because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and of fourfooted beasts and of serpents.
Vanity » The help of man is
Ain As for us, our eyes have failed in seeking our vain help; in our watching we have watched for people that cannot save us.
Vanity » The wicked » Reap
They have sown bread, but shall reap thorns; they had the heritage, but they did not profit; and they shall be ashamed because of your fruits, by the fierce anger of the LORD.
He that sows iniquity shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Vanity » Saints » Pray to be kept from
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my judgment:
Vanity » Mere external religion is
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
Be not taken out of the way with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with foods which have not profited those that have been occupied with them.
Vanity » The days of man are
For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of the life of his vanity which he causes to be as a shadow? for who shall teach the man what shall be after him under the sun?
I loathed life; I do not desire to live for ever; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Vanity » The wicked » Walk in
Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses,
Vanity » Vain men
Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou come unto the perfection of the Almighty? It is higher than the heavens; what canst thou do? It is deeper than Sheol; how canst thou know it? The measure of it is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. read more.
If he cuts off, or shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him? For he knows the vain men; and he sees the iniquity; will he not then understand it? The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
But, O vain man, dost thou desire to know that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? Dost thou not see how the faith worked together with his works, and the faith was complete by the works?
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
When thou criest, let thy companions deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity and their years in tribulation.
Vanity » Evil people » Imagine
who (in the Holy Spirit) by the mouth of thy servant David (our father) hast said, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?
because having known God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Vanity » The worship of the wicked is
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the worldly do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Bring no more vain oblations; the incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot stand them; iniquity and the solemn meeting.
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his law and that we walk mournfully before the LORD of the hosts?
Vanity » Emptiness of the worldly life
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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.
Vanity » What is not vain
And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel; and he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I protest against you today, to command them unto your children and keep and fulfil all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, which ye shall pass the Jordan to inherit.
Vanity » Worldly wisdom
And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Then I said in my heart, As it shall happen to the fool, so it shall happen even to me. Why have I worked until now to make myself wiser? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Vanity » Evil people » Regard God's service as
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his law and that we walk mournfully before the LORD of the hosts?
Vanity » Evil people » Speak
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
And if he came to see me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and when he goes out, he tells it.
Vanity » Evil people » Judicially given up to
When thou criest, let thy companions deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity and their years in tribulation.
Vanity » Evil people » Reap
They have sown bread, but shall reap thorns; they had the heritage, but they did not profit; and they shall be ashamed because of your fruits, by the fierce anger of the LORD.
He that sows iniquity shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Vanity » The beauty of man is
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.
Schin Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but the woman that fears the LORD shall be praised.
Vanity » Pray to be kept from
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my judgment:
Vanity » Almsgiving without charity is
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
Vanity » Childhood and youth are
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.
Vanity » Evil people » Live in
Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
This I say, therefore, and require in the Lord that from now on ye not walk as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their own senses,
Vanity » Worldly enjoyment is
I proposed in my heart to regale my flesh with wine and that my heart would walk in wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour. At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Vanity » Worldly pleasure is
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy good things; and, behold, this also is vanity.
Vanity » All earthly things are
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Vanity » Unblessed riches are
A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honour so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but the strangers eat it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Vanity » The wicked » Inherit
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the time of the affliction; Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
Vanity » What was made subject to vanity
For I know with certainty that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory which shall be manifested in us. For the earnest hope of the creatures waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them, read more.
with the hope that the same creatures shall be delivered from the slavery of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
Vanity » Worldy anxiety
Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to come home late, to eat the bread of sorrows, because he shall give his beloved sleep.
Vanity » Wealth gotten by vanity
The riches of vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labour shall increase.
Vanity » Following those given to, leads to poverty
He that tills his land shall be filled with bread, but he that follows after vain persons shall be filled with poverty.
Vanity » Wealth gotten by, diminishes
The riches of vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labour shall increase.
Vanity » Fools follow those given to
He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
Vanity » False teaching is but
Behold, I am against those that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and did tell them, and caused my people to err by their lies, and by their flattery; yet I did not send them, nor command them; and they did not profit this people at all, said the LORD.
Vanity » Saints » Hate the thoughts of
Vanity » Who shall reap vanity
He that sows iniquity shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Vanity » Treasures of wickedness are
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
Vanity » The wicked » Allure others by words of
For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,
Vanity » The wicked » Walk after
thus hath the LORD said, What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain?
Vanity » Worldly labor is
At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Vanity » The conduct of the unGodly is
knowing that ye have been ransomed from your vain conversation (which you received from your fathers), not with corruptible things like silver and gold,
Vanity » A consequence of the fall
For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,
Vanity » Man is like to
Vanity » Every man is
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.
Vanity » The wicked » Devise
He devises iniquity upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
Vanity » Saints » Avoid those given to
Vanity » Saints » Avoid
He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
Vanity » Saints hate the thoughts of
Vanity » Man at his best estate is
Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah.
Vanity » The religion of hypocrites is
If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.
Vanity » Faith without works is
My brethren, What shall it profit though someone says that they have faith and do not have works? Shall this type of faith be able to save them?
Vanity » Evil people » Inherit
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the time of the affliction; Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
Vanity » Evil people » Though full of, affect to be wise
The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
Vanity » Evil people » Especially characterized by
For he knows the vain men; and he sees the iniquity; will he not then understand it?
Vanity » The wicked » Though full of, affect to be wise
The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
Vanity » The wicked » Especially characterized by
For he knows the vain men; and he sees the iniquity; will he not then understand it?
Vanity » The wicked » Love
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah.
Vanity » God not hearing or regarding vanity
Vanity » Man's own righteousness is
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Vanity » Worldly possessions
I made myself great works; I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards; I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits; I made myself pools of water, to water with them the forest that brings forth trees; read more.
I got myself slaves and maidens and had sons born in my house; also I had great possessions of cattle and sheep above all that were in Jerusalem before me; I gathered unto myself also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I obtained men singers and women singers and all the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and those of all sorts. So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem, and more than that, my wisdom remained with me. And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour. At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Vanity » They who trust in, rewarded with
He shall not be established; in vanity he shall err; therefore, he shall be changed into vanity.
Vanity » Evil people » Allure others through the words of
For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,
Vanity » Almsgiving without love is
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
Vanity » The thoughts of man are
Vanity » Man is similar to
Vanity » Every man has
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.
Vanity » Evil people » Live by
thus hath the LORD said, What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain?
Vanity » Evil people » Devise
He devises iniquity upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.
Vanity » Every state of man is
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Vanity » Love of riches is
He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity.
Vanity » Lying words are
Vanity » All should know and acknowledge
Unto thee it was shown that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is no one else other than he.
Vanity » Avoid those given to
Vanity » Avoid
He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
Vanity » Evil people » Love
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah.
Vanity » Worldly pleasure
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy good things; and, behold, this also is vanity.
Topics on Vanity
The Vanity Of Human Knowledge
Isaiah 44:25that undoes the signs of the fortune tellers and makes the diviners mad; that turns the wise men backward and makes their wisdom fade away;
