The word in Scripture

Vanity in the Bible

The word vanity appears 86 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Vanity is emptiness, the fleeting nothingness of life apart from God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What vanity means in the Bible

Vanity is emptiness, the fleeting nothingness of life apart from God.

Where the word vanity appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word vanity appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”Psalms 24:4

“And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.”Psalms 41:6

“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”Proverbs 21:6

“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:”Proverbs 30:8

“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”Isaiah 5:18

“None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.”Isaiah 59:4

“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”Romans 8:20

“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”Ephesians 4:17