What
is vanity?
Pride
Selfishness
Conceit
Synonyms:
Noun
amour
propre, bighead, complacence, complacency, conceit, conceitedness, ego,
egotism, pomposity, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration,
self-assumption, self-conceit, self-congratulation, self-esteem, self-glory,
self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled
head, swellheadedness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness
Philippians
2;3
Do
nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind
regard one another as more important than yourselves.
2
Peter 2;18
For
speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly
desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in
error.
2
Kings 17;15
They
rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His
warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became
vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which
the Lord had commanded them not to do like them.
Job
7;3
So
am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.
Psalm
39;1
[ The
Vanity of Life. ]
I said, “I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my
tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my
presence.”
Psalm
62;9
Men
of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances
they go up; They are together lighter than breath.
Psalm
89;47
Remember
what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons
of men
Psalm
119;37
Turn
away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
Psalm
135;1
[ Praise
the Lord’s Wonderful Works. Vanity of Idols. ] Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord; Praise Him, O servants of the Lord.
Proverbs
22;8
He
who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
Ecclesiastes
1;2
“Vanity
of vanities,” says the Preacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes
1;14
I
have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity
and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes
2;11
Thus
I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I
had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there
was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
2;15
Then
I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then
have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes
2;19
And
who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control
over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under
the sun. This too is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
2;21
When
there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives
his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and
a great evil.
Ecclesiastes
2;23
Because
all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not
rest. This too is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
2;26
For
to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy,
while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that
he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and
striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes
3;19
For
the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so
dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage
for man over beast, for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
4;4
I
have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of
rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving
after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4;7-8
7 Then
I looked again at vanity under the sun. 8 There
was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet
there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with
riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving
myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Ecclesiastes
4;16
There
is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who
will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and
striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes
5;10
[ The
Folly of Riches ] He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor
he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
6;2
a
man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks
nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them,
for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
Ecclesiastes
12;8
“Vanity
of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”
Isaiah
49;4
But
I said, “I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord, And My reward with My
God.”
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