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It is used to describe actions, words, or thoughts that are devoid of true value or effectiveness. The concept of vanity is frequently associated with idolatry, pride, and the misuse of God's name. Biblical References: 1. Idolatry and Futility: In the Old Testament, the prophets often speak against the worship of idols, describing such practices as vain. <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> highlights the futility of idol worship: "For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good." 2. The Third Commandment: The misuse of God's name is addressed in the Ten Commandments. <a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a> states, "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain." This commandment underscores the importance of reverence for God's name and the seriousness of using it carelessly or disrespectfully. 3. Human Pride and Vanity: The Bible often warns against human pride and the pursuit of vain glory. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon reflects on the vanity of human endeavors apart from God. <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2</a> declares, "Futility of futilities, says the Teacher, futility of futilities! Everything is futile!" This book emphasizes the emptiness of life when it is lived without regard for God and His purposes. 4. Vain Worship: Jesus criticizes the religious leaders of His time for their vain worship, which is based on human traditions rather than God's commandments. In <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a> , He quotes Isaiah, saying, "These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men." 5. Vain Words and Promises: The New Testament also addresses the issue of vain words and promises. In <a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a> , Paul warns, "Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience." This passage cautions believers against being swayed by deceptive and meaningless rhetoric. Theological Implications: The concept of vanity in the Bible serves as a reminder of the importance of aligning one's life with God's will and purposes. It calls believers to examine their actions, words, and motivations to ensure they are not pursuing empty or futile endeavors. The Bible consistently points to the eternal value found in a life dedicated to God, contrasting it with the transient and ultimately unsatisfying nature of worldly pursuits.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.2. (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.3. (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.4. (superl.) Showy; ostentatious.5. (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>VAINvan: The adjective of "vanity," and representing the same Hebrew and Greek words as does the latter, with a few additions (chiefly kenos, "empty," and its compounds in the New Testament). And "vain" can always be replaced by its synonym "empty," often with advantage in modern English (<a href="/job/15-2.htm">Job 15:2</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-14.htm">1 Corinthians 15:14</a>, etc.). The exception is the phrase "in vain," and even there the interchange can be made if some (understood) noun such as "ways" be added. So "to take God's name in vain" (<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Deuteronomy 5:11</a>) means simply to take it for an "empty" ("not good") purpose.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3152.htm">3152. mataios -- vain, useless</a> ... vain, useless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mataios Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ah-yos) Short Definition: vain, unproductive, godless Definition: vain ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3152.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3155.htm">3155. maten -- in vain, to no purpose</a> ... in vain, to no purpose. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: maten Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane) Short Definition: in vain Definition: in vain, in an unreal ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3155.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2761.htm">2761. kenos -- in vain</a> ... in vain. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: kenos Phonetic Spelling: (ken-oce') Short Definition: falsely, in vain Definition: falsely, in vain, to no ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2761.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3154.htm">3154. mataioo -- to make vain, foolish</a> ... to make vain, foolish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mataioo Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yo'-o) Short Definition: I become vain Definition: I become vain ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3154.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2756.htm">2756. kenos -- empty</a> ... empty. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kenos Phonetic Spelling: (ken-os') Short Definition: empty, vain, hollow Definition: (a) empty, (b) met: ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2756.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1500.htm">1500. eike -- without cause or reason, vainly</a> ... cause or reason, vainly. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: eike Phonetic Spelling: (i-kay') Short Definition: without purpose, in vain Definition: without ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1500.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3151.htm">3151. mataiologos -- talking idly</a> ... talking idly. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mataiologos Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yol-og'-os) Short Definition: a vain, empty talker Definition: a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3151.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3150.htm">3150. mataiologia -- idle or foolish talk</a> ... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mataiologia Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yol-og-ee'- ah) Short Definition: foolish talking Definition: vain speaking, foolish ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3150.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1432.htm">1432. dorean -- as a gift, to no purpose</a> ... See 1431 (). Word Origin adverb from dorea Definition as a gift, to no purpose NASB Word Usage freely (1). without a cause, freely, for naught, in vain. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1432.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2758.htm">2758. kenoo -- to empty</a> ... Word Origin from kenos Definition to empty NASB Word Usage emptied (1), made empty (1), made void (2), make...empty (1). empty, make void, be in vain. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2758.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1891.htm">1891. habal -- to act emptily, become vain</a> ... 1890, 1891. habal. 1892 . to act emptily, become vain. Transliteration: habal Phonetic Spelling: (haw-bal') Short Definition: foolishly. ... be become, make vain ... /hebrew/1891.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7386.htm">7386. req -- empty, vain</a> ... 7385b, 7386. req or req. 7387 . empty, vain. Transliteration: req or req Phonetic Spelling: (rake) Short Definition: empty. ... emptied, vain fellow, man. ... /hebrew/7386.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm">7723. shav -- emptiness, vanity</a> ... 7722, 7723. shav. 7724 . emptiness, vanity. Transliteration: shav Phonetic Spelling: (shawv) Short Definition: vain. ... falsely, lie, lying, vain, vanity. ... /hebrew/7723.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2600.htm">2600. chinnam -- out of favor</a> ... Word Origin from chanan Definition out of favor NASB Word Usage free (1), nothing (4), useless (1), uselessly (1), vain (2), which cost (1), which cost me ... /hebrew/2600.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm">1892. hebel -- vapor, breath</a> ... 2), emptily (1), emptiness (2), fleeting (2), fraud (1), futile (1), futility (13), idols (7), mere breath (2), nothing (1), useless (1), vain (3), vainly (1 ... /hebrew/1892.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm">8267. sheqer -- deception, disappointment, falsehood</a> ... 1), falsely (19), liar (1), lie (14), lies (5), lying (12), lying visions (1), perjury* (1), slander* (1), treacherously (1), useless (1), vain (1), wrongfully ... /hebrew/8267.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7385.htm">7385. riyq -- to make empty, empty out</a> ... riyq. 7385a . to make empty, empty out. Transliteration: riyq Phonetic Spelling: (reek) Short Definition: empty. empty, to no purpose, in vain thing, vanity ... /hebrew/7385.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7385b.htm">7385b. riq -- emptiness, vanity</a> ... 7385a, 7385b. riq. 7386 . emptiness, vanity. Transliteration: riq Short Definition: vain. Word Origin from riq Definition emptiness ... /hebrew/7385b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8414.htm">8414. tohu -- formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness</a> ... From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), ie Desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- confusion, empty place ... /hebrew/8414.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/205.htm">205. aven -- trouble, sorrow, wickedness</a> ... From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. ... /hebrew/205.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/vain_toil.htm">Vain Toil</a> ... HAGGAI VAIN TOIL. 'Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ... //christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/vain toil.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/smitten_in_vain.htm">Smitten in Vain</a> ... AMOS SMITTEN IN VAIN. 'Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/smitten in vain.htm<a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/v_vain_hopes.htm">Vain Hopes.</a> ... V. VAIN HOPES. ... This kind of vain hope is based on a complete misconception of the nature of our conflict with sin, and the way to escape from it. ... //christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/v vain hopes.htm<a href="/library/commodianus/the_instructions_of_commodianus/xix_of_the_vain_nemesiaci.htm">Of the Vain Nemesiaci.</a> ... XIX."Of the Vain Nemesiaci. Is it not ignominy, that a prudent man should be seduced and worship such a one, or say that a log is Diana? ... /.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/xix of the vain nemesiaci.htm<a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/332__vain_repentance.htm">Vain Repentance.</a> ... REPENTANCE AND REFORMATION. 332. " Vain Repentance. 332. CM C. Wesley. Vain Repentance. 1 Times without number have I prayed ... /.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/332 vain repentance.htm<a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-1-118_it_is_in_vain.htm">It is in Vain Therefore for the Modern Christian...</a> ... [Way-1-118] It is in vain therefore for the modern Christian? It is in vain therefore for the modern Christian, to appeal to antiquity ... /.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-118 it is in vain.htm<a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_ii_of_philosophy_and_how.htm">Of Philosophy, and How Vain was Its Occupation in Setting Forth ...</a> ... the divine institutes Book III. Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers. Chap. II."Of Philosophy, and How Vain Was Its Occupation in Setting Forth the Truth. ... /.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap ii of philosophy and how.htm<a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_xiii_how_vain_and_trifling.htm">How Vain and Trifling are the Interpretations of the Stoics ...</a> ... xiii."how vain and trifling are the interpretations of the stoics respecting the gods, and in them concerning the origin of jupiter, concerning saturn and Ops ... /.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xiii how vain and trifling.htm<a href="/library/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxiv_opposition_to_messiah.htm">Opposition to Messiah in Vain</a> ... Sermon XXXIV Opposition to Messiah in Vain. Opposition to Messiah in Vain Psalm 2:4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the ... /.../newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxxiv opposition to messiah.htm<a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/2_he_thought_it_a.htm">He Thought it a Vain Thing to See Glorious Principles Lie Buried ...</a> ... THE FOURTH CENTURY 2 He thought it a vain thing to see glorious principles lie buried in books. He thought it a vain thing to see ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/2 he thought it a.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/v/vain.htm">Vain (141 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VAIN. ... /v/vain.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/v/vain-glory.htm">Vain-glory (3 Occurrences)</a> Vain-glory. Vainglory, Vain-glory. Vainly . Multi-Version Concordance Vain-glory (3 Occurrences). Galatians 5:26 Let ... /v/vain-glory.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/v/vain-words.htm">Vain-words (1 Occurrence)</a> Vain-words. Vain-talkers, Vain-words. Vaizatha . Multi-Version Concordance Vain-words (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 6:20 ... /v/vain-words.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/v/vain-talkers.htm">Vain-talkers (1 Occurrence)</a> Vain-talkers. Vainly, Vain-talkers. Vain-words . Multi-Version Concordance Vain-talkers (1 Occurrence). Titus 1:10 for ... /v/vain-talkers.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/v/vain-glorious.htm">Vain-glorious (2 Occurrences)</a> Vain-glorious. Vainglorious, Vain-glorious. Vainglory . Multi-Version Concordance Vain-glorious (2 Occurrences). Galatians ... /v/vain-glorious.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/v/vainly.htm">Vainly (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain. Multi-Version Concordance Vainly (4 Occurrences). ... Job 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain? ... /v/vainly.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/l/laboured.htm">Laboured (34 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they ... /l/laboured.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/v/vainglory.htm">Vainglory (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Excessive vanity; empty pride; vain show; boastfulness. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VAINGLORY. ... /v/vainglory.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/j/jangling.htm">Jangling (1 Occurrence)</a> ... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jangle. 2. (a.) Producing discordant sounds. 3. (n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation. 4. (n.) Wrangling; altercation. Int. ... /j/jangling.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/f/futile.htm">Futile (12 Occurrences)</a> ... Romans 1:21 Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was ... /f/futile.htm - 9k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Lords-name-vain.html">What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/vain-repetitions.html">What does it mean to use vain repetitions in prayer? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/selfish-ambition-vain-conceit.html">What does it mean to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit (Philippians 2:3)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/vain.htm">Vain: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Vain (141 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/6-7.htm">Matthew 6:7</a> In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Matthew 15:9</a> And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/7-7.htm">Mark 7:7</a> But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-42.htm">Luke 6:42</a> How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take that splinter out of your eye,' when all the while you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? Vain pretender! take the beam out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye. (WEY)<a href="/luke/12-56.htm">Luke 12:56</a> Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time? (WEY)<a href="/acts/4-25.htm">Acts 4:25</a> who by the mouth of your servant, David, said,'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a> "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them; (WEB ASV NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/romans/4-14.htm">Romans 4:14</a> For if they which are of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect. (DBY)<a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Romans 13:4</a> for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm">1 Corinthians 1:17</a> For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain. (DBY)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-20.htm">1 Corinthians 3:20</a> And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/9-15.htm">1 Corinthians 9:15</a> But I have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for it were good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast. (DBY)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-2.htm">1 Corinthians 15:2</a> by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-10.htm">1 Corinthians 15:10</a> But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-14.htm">1 Corinthians 15:14</a> If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-17.htm">1 Corinthians 15:17</a> If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">1 Corinthians 15:58</a> Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">2 Corinthians 6:1</a> Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/9-3.htm">2 Corinthians 9:3</a> But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared, (WEB KJV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/galatians/2-2.htm">Galatians 2:2</a> I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/galatians/2-21.htm">Galatians 2:21</a> I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (KJV WEY WBS YLT)<a href="/galatians/3-4.htm">Galatians 3:4</a> Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/galatians/4-11.htm">Galatians 4:11</a> I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/galatians/5-26.htm">Galatians 5:26</a> Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a> Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a> Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. (Root in KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/philippians/2-16.htm">Philippians 2:16</a> holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-1.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:1</a> For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:5</a> For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_timothy/1-6.htm">1 Timothy 1:6</a> from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">1 Timothy 6:20</a> O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a> But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">2 Timothy 3:4</a> traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; (DBY)<a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Titus 1:10</a> For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Titus 3:9</a> but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/james/1-26.htm">James 1:26</a> If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/james/2-20.htm">James 2:20</a> But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/james/4-5.htm">James 4:5</a> Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18</a> Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; (KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a> For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (ASV)<a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Exodus 5:9</a> Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a> "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/23-1.htm">Exodus 23:1</a> Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. (YLT)<a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Leviticus 26:20</a> and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Deuteronomy 5:11</a> "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-47.htm">Deuteronomy 32:47</a> For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Judges 9:4</a> They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/judges/11-3.htm">Judges 11:3</a> Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/1_samuel/12-21.htm">1 Samuel 12:21</a> Don't turn aside; for then you would go after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm">1 Samuel 17:39</a> David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off. (See RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/25-21.htm">1 Samuel 25:21</a> Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/6-20.htm">2 Samuel 6:20</a> Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, "How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/2_samuel/18-13.htm">2 Samuel 18:13</a> or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou -- thou dost station thyself over-against.' (YLT)<a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a> They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">2 Kings 18:20</a> You say (but they are but vain words),'There is counsel and strength for war.' Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? (WEB KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">2 Chronicles 13:7</a> And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. (KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/job/3-9.htm">Job 3:9</a> Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning, (See NIV)<a href="/job/9-29.htm">Job 9:29</a> I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/11-11.htm">Job 11:11</a> For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/job/11-12.htm">Job 11:12</a> For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/job/15-2.htm">Job 15:2</a> "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind? (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/job/16-3.htm">Job 16:3</a> Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? (WEB KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a> How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/job/24-1.htm">Job 24:1</a> "Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty? Why don't those who know him see his days? (See NIV)<a href="/job/27-12.htm">Job 27:12</a> Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/job/35-16.htm">Job 35:16</a> Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. (KJV WBS)<a href="/job/39-16.htm">Job 39:16</a> She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/41-9.htm">Job 41:9</a> Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him? (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalms 2:1</a> Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/4-2.htm">Psalms 4:2</a> Sons of men! till when 'is' my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah. (YLT RSV)<a href="/psalms/24-4.htm">Psalms 24:4</a> He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully. (See JPS)<a href="/psalms/26-4.htm">Psalms 26:4</a> I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/31-6.htm">Psalms 31:6</a> I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/33-17.htm">Psalms 33:17</a> A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/39-6.htm">Psalms 39:6</a> "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/psalms/60-11.htm">Psalms 60:11</a> Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalms 62:10</a> Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/73-13.htm">Psalms 73:13</a> Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Psalms 89:47</a> Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/psalms/108-12.htm">Psalms 108:12</a> Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/116-11.htm">Psalms 116:11</a> I said in my haste, "All men are liars." (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/119-113.htm">Psalms 119:113</a> I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. (KJV WBS)<a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalms 119:118</a> You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. (WEB JPS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Psalms 127:1</a> A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Psalms 127:2</a> It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/139-20.htm">Psalms 139:20</a> For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Proverbs 1:17</a> For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/proverbs/12-11.htm">Proverbs 12:11</a> He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Proverbs 13:10</a> A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled 'is' wisdom. (YLT)<a href="/proverbs/14-6.htm">Proverbs 14:6</a> The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man. (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/28-19.htm">Proverbs 28:19</a> He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/proverbs/30-9.htm">Proverbs 30:9</a> 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. (KJV WBS)<a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Proverbs 31:30</a> Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:7</a> And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun: (YLT)<a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a> For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:15</a> These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing. (See RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:9</a> Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13</a> Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. 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