Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. (See NAS)
1 Timothy 1:6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking; (See NIV)
Job 27:12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 1:2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 4:4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 4:8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 4:16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 5:7 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 6:12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun? (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 7:6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 8:10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 11:8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 11:10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose. (See NIV)
Ecclesiastes 12:8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose. (See NIV)
Isaiah 1:13 Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings. (See NIV)
Isaiah 29:21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause. (See NAS)
Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value. (See NAS)
Isaiah 40:23 who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless. (WEB NAS)