3 Bible Verses about Vanity
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Even the creation waits with eager longing for the sons of God to be revealed. For creation was not rendered futile by its own choice, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject,
shouting, "Men, what is this you are doing? We are but human, with natures like your own! The gospel we are preaching to you is to turn from such futile ways to the living God who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.
From Thematic Bible
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanity
Man » Compared to » Vanity
Vanity » Foolish questions, &c are
O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'
Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,
Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.
Vanity » Idolatry is
Vanity » The reward for following vanity
Vanity » Foolish questions are
O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'
But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.
Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,
Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.
Certain individuals have failed here by turning to empty argument; doctors of the Law is what they want to be, but they have no idea either of the meaning of the words they use or of the themes on which they harp.
Vanity » Heaping up riches is
Vanity » The wicked » Speak
Vanity » The wicked » Imagine
who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?
Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark.
Vanity » Who became vain
Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile, their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.
But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness. For whatever is to be known of God is plain to them; God himself has made it plain ??20 for ever since the world was created, his invisible nature, his everlasting power and divine being, have been quite perceptible in what he has made. So they have no excuse. Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark. read more.
They claimed to be wise, but they have become fools; they have exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the semblance of the likeness of mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Vanity » The help of man is
Vanity » The wicked » Reap
Vanity » Saints » Pray to be kept from
Vanity » Mere external religion is
The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.
Never let yourselves be carried away with a variety of novel doctrines; for the right thing is to have one's heart strengthened by grace, not by the eating of food ??that has never been any use to those who have had recourse to it.
Vanity » The days of man are
Vanity » The wicked » Walk in
Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,
Vanity » Vain men
But will you understand, you senseless fellow, that faith without deeds is dead? When our father Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar, was he not justified by what he did? In his case, you see, faith co-operated with deeds, faith was completed by deeds,
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
Vanity » Evil people » Imagine
who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?
Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark.
Vanity » The worship of the wicked is
Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
Vanity » Emptiness of the worldly life
Vanity » What is not vain
Vanity » Worldly wisdom
Vanity » Evil people » Regard God's service as
Vanity » Evil people » Speak
Vanity » Evil people » Judicially given up to
Vanity » Evil people » Reap
Vanity » The beauty of man is
Vanity » Pray to be kept from
Vanity » Almsgiving without charity is
I may distribute all I possess in charity, I may give up my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I make nothing of it.
Vanity » Childhood and youth are
Vanity » Evil people » Live in
Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,
Vanity » Worldly enjoyment is
Vanity » Worldly pleasure is
Vanity » All earthly things are
Vanity » Unblessed riches are
Vanity » The wicked » Inherit
Vanity » What was made subject to vanity
Present suffering, I hold, is a mere nothing compared to the glory that we are to have revealed. Even the creation waits with eager longing for the sons of God to be revealed. For creation was not rendered futile by its own choice, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject, read more.
the hope being that creation as well as man would one day be freed from its thraldom to decay and gain the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Vanity » Worldy anxiety
Vanity » Wealth gotten by vanity
Vanity » Following those given to, leads to poverty
Vanity » Wealth gotten by, diminishes
Vanity » Fools follow those given to
Vanity » False teaching is but
Vanity » Saints » Hate the thoughts of
Vanity » Who shall reap vanity
Vanity » Treasures of wickedness are
Vanity » The wicked » Allure others by words of
By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct ??19 promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).
Vanity » The wicked » Walk after
Vanity » Worldly labor is
Vanity » The conduct of the unGodly is
you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past,
Vanity » A consequence of the fall
For creation was not rendered futile by its own choice, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject,
Vanity » Man is like to
Vanity » Every man is
Vanity » The wicked » Devise
Vanity » Saints » Avoid those given to
Vanity » Saints » Avoid
Vanity » Saints hate the thoughts of
Vanity » Man at his best estate is
Vanity » The religion of hypocrites is
Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.
Vanity » Faith without works is
My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?
Vanity » Evil people » Inherit
Vanity » Evil people » Though full of, affect to be wise
Vanity » Evil people » Especially characterized by
Vanity » The wicked » Though full of, affect to be wise
Vanity » The wicked » Especially characterized by
Vanity » The wicked » Love
Vanity » God not hearing or regarding vanity
Vanity » Man's own righteousness is
Vanity » Worldly possessions
Vanity » They who trust in, rewarded with
Vanity » Evil people » Allure others through the words of
By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct ??19 promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).
Vanity » Almsgiving without love is
I may distribute all I possess in charity, I may give up my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I make nothing of it.
Vanity » The thoughts of man are
Vanity » Man is similar to
Vanity » Every man has
Vanity » Evil people » Live by
Vanity » Evil people » Devise
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
Vanity » Every state of man is
Vanity » Love of riches is
Vanity » Lying words are
Vanity » All should know and acknowledge
Vanity » Avoid those given to
Vanity » Avoid
Vanity » Evil people » Love
Vanity » Worldly pleasure
Topics on Vanity
The Vanity Of Human Knowledge
1 Corinthians 8:2Whoever imagines he has attained to some degree of knowledge, does not possess the true knowledge yet;
Related Topics
- False Religion
- Frustration
- Futility
- Futility Of Worldly Pursuits
- God Opposes Idolatry
- God, Uniqueness Of
- Idolatry, Objections To
- Idols Not Existing
- Life, Human
