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vanity

Meaning of “vanity”

Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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86 occurrences79 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 17:15

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Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 4:2 · retained source text

O ye sonnes of men, how long will yee turne my glory into shame? how long will yee loue vanitie, and seeke after leasing? Selah.

Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 10:7 · retained source text

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and vanitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. deceits.

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteRom. 3.14

Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 12:2 · retained source text

They speake vanitie euery one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speake.

1611 marginal noteHebr. an heart, and an heart.

Psalms 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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1611 witness · Psalms 24:4 · retained source text

He that hath cleane hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lift vp his soule vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the cleane of handes.

1611 marginal noteEsa.23.15.16.

Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 39:5 · retained source text

Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. setled.

1611 marginal notePsal.62.9. & 144.4.

Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 39:11 · retained source text

When thou with rebukes doest correct man for iniquitie, thou makest his beautie to consume away like a moth: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that which is to be desired in him, to melt away.

Psalms 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 41:6 · retained source text

And if hee come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquitie to it selfe, when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 62:9 · retained source text

Surely men of low degree are vanitie, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ballance, they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

1611 marginal noteOr, alike.

Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:33 · retained source text

Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie, and their yeeres in trouble.

Psalms 94:11
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
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1611 witness · Psalms 94:11 · retained source text

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are vanitie.

1611 marginal note1.Cor.3.20.

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