Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.


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1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Ecclesiastes 5 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Proverbs 13 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 28 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Ecclesiastes 2 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
1 Corinthians 3 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Ecclesiastes 2 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Jeremiah 9 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Proverbs 28 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Psalms 94 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Proverbs 12 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Mark 10 23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Ecclesiastes 2 26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Luke 12 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Proverbs 28 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Jeremiah 49 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Ecclesiastes 2 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Proverbs 23 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Psalms 119 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Isaiah 44 9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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.
Ecclesiastes 8 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Amos 5 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Colossians 2 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ezekiel 28 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Malachi 3 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Psalms 89 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 66 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Ecclesiastes 4 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
James 2 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
Luke 18 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Proverbs 28 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 19 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 21 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Ecclesiastes 6 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
2 Peter 2 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 11 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Psalms 127 1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 Corinthians 11 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Psalms 119 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Ezekiel 28 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Proverbs 13 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Ecclesiastes 12 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.