What Does The Bible Say About?

Vanity

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Proverbs 31:30

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Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Psalm 119:37

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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

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Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

1 Samuel 16:7

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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Psalm 39:5

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You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Ecclesiastes 4:4

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I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

1 Timothy 4:8

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For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Psalm 144:4

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Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Romans 12:2

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Matthew 6:1-7

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“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. . . .

Romans 8:20

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For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

Jeremiah 4:30

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And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

Psalm 62:9

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Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Job 7:16

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I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

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To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Galatians 5:16-26

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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, . . .

Hebrews 13:5

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Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Psalm 39:11

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You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

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These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises. . . .

Job 15:31

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Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

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So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

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God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

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There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

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I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

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When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Psalm 94:11

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The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

Psalm 39:6

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Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

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So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

James 1:26

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If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Jeremiah 2:5

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This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Ecclesiastes 4:16

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There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Psalm 12:2

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They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

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For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Ephesians 4:17

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So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Psalm 127:2

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In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

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For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

2 Peter 2:18

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With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

Jeremiah 16:19

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O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Proverbs 13:11

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Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Proverbs 22:8

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He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

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So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Psalm 10:7

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His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

2 Kings 17:15

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They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

Proverbs 21:6

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Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Psalm 4:2

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How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Ecclesiastes 6:9

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Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Psalm 41:6

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My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

Proverbs 30:8

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Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Isaiah 57:13

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When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

Job 7:3

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So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.

Psalm 24:4

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He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

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Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Jeremiah 18:15

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Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

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So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Isaiah 44:9

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All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Psalm 31:6

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I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

Colossians 3:5

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Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Psalm 78:33

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So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.

Job 11:12

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But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

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I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile. I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?” I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees. . . .

Psalm 60:11

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Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

2 Timothy 2:14

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Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

Proverbs 28:19

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The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Psalm 2:1

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Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Lamentations 4:17

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All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Hebrews 13:9

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Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

Psalm 39:5-6

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You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

1 Timothy 6:20

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O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

Acts 17:10-11

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As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

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Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

2 Timothy 2:16

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But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

Isaiah 41:29

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See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Job 11:11

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Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

Proverbs 21:4

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

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There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

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For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Romans 8:28

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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Proverbs 16:18

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Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

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And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Matthew 16:26

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What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

James 4:14

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You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Proverbs 12:11

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The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

1 Peter 1:18

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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

1 Corinthians 13:3

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If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Titus 3:9

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But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.

Psalm 26:4

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I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

James 2:14

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What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

Isaiah 1:13

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Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me—your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

1 Corinthians 3:20

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And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

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“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

Jeremiah 23:32

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“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

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So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Isaiah 44:9-10

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All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

1 Timothy 1:6

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Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

Jeremiah 12:13

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They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

Psalm 89:47

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Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

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