- 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.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)Next verse!With image