Vain
102 verses in 34 books of the King James Bible.
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The First Thirty
Exodus 5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 32:47For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Judges 9:4And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
1 Samuel 12:21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1 Samuel 25:21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
2 Samuel 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
2 Kings 18:20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
2 Chronicles 13:7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Job 9:29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Job 11:11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job 35:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job 39:16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Job 41:9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms 33:17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 60:11Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.