Bible Verses About Vanity

It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.

The riches of vanitie shall diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and from of them that seeke death.

He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praysed.

Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.

I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.

I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.

I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.

I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.

I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.

I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and gold, and the chiefe treasures of Kings and prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues.

And I was great, and increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.

And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.

Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.