'Vain' in the Bible

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.

and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,

but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;