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Vanity
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Deuteronomy 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.2 Kings 17:15They 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 became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.Job 11:11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’Psalm 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?Psalm 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? SelahPsalm 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.Psalm 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.Psalm 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.Psalm 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.Psalm 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.Psalm 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.Psalm 39:5You, 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. SelahPsalm 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.Psalm 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. SelahPsalm 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.Psalm 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.Psalm 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.Psalm 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.Psalm 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.Psalm 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.Psalm 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.Psalm 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.Psalm 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.Proverbs 28:19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.Ecclesiastes 2:3I 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.Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.Ecclesiastes 2:6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.Ecclesiastes 2:7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet 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 2:15So 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 2:21When 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.Ecclesiastes 2:26To 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 4:4I 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.Ecclesiastes 4:8There 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 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.Ecclesiastes 6:2God 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 6:12For 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?Ecclesiastes 11:10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.Isaiah 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Isaiah 44:9All 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.Isaiah 44:10Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?Isaiah 57:12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.Isaiah 57:13When 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.”Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
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