- He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
- 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.
- Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. - Remove far from me vanity and lies:
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me. - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the Lord is tried:
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.Next verse!With image