Vain

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

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.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

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

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

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

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

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:

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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

For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

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

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

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

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

For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else. — read the full passage →

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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.

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

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

But in vain do they worship me, Teachingas theirdoctrines the precepts of men.

And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

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

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

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.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

But in vain do they worship me, Teachingas theirdoctrines the precepts of men.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, Andmy fingers to fight:

Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; — read the full passage →

Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah — read the full passage →

Surely God will not hear an emptycry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.

Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man. — read the full passage →

And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.