'Vain' in the Bible
If they say, “Come with us;Let us lie in wait to shed blood,Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom],But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.