What does the Bible say about vain?

17 verses about vain, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about vain

Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 8 votes
Psalms 60:11 — Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 7 votes
Proverbs 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 6 votes
1 Corinthians 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 6 votes
Jeremiah 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 5 votes
Matthew 6:7 — But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 5 votes
Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 3 votes
Isaiah 1:13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 3 votes
1 Corinthians 3:20 — And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 3 votes
Philippians 2:3 — Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 3 votes
Psalms 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 2 votes
Isaiah 30:7 — For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. 2 votes
Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 2 votes
Colossians 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 2 votes
James 4:5 — Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 2 votes

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Psalms (4), Isaiah (3), Ecclesiastes (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Matthew (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), James (1)

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