Bible Verses about 'Vanity'

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• Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
  Ecclesiastes 5:10 money greed materialism
• Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
  Ecclesiastes 4:4 work neighbor desires
• So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.
  Ecclesiastes 11:10 sadness worrying heart
• Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
  wealth from hard work grows over time.
  Proverbs 13:11 money greed work
• Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
  Philippians 2:3 selfishness humility neighbor
• First, help me never to tell a lie.
  Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
  Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
  Proverbs 30:8 materialism food money
• Their ways are futile and foolish.
  They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
  They decorate it with gold and silver
  and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails
  so it won’t fall over.
  Their gods are like
  helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
  They cannot speak,
  and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
  Do not be afraid of such gods,
  for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.
  Jeremiah 10:3-5 idols fear