Bible Verses About Vain

“A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.”

“Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.”

“Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

“Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.”

“Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.”

“And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

“Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.”

“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?”

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”

“I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.”

“Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?”

“Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.”

“Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.”

“This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.”

“The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.”

“See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.”

“Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?”

“Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.”

“I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.”

“You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.”

“I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.”

“You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

“And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”

“For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens— He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.”

“They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.”

“So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.”

“The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.”

“Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?”