-Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, *Vanity VANITY, n. [L. vanitas, from vanus, vain.] 1. Emptiness; want of substance to satisfy desire; uncertainty; inanity. Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity. Eccles. 1. 2. Fruitless desire or endeavor. Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come. 3. Trifling labor that produces no good. 4. Emptiness; untruth Here I may well show the vanity of what is reported in the story of Walsingham. 5. Empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment. Sin with vanity had filld the works of men. Think not when womans transient breath is fled, that all her vanities at once are dead; succeeding vanities she still regards. 6. Ostentation; arrogance. 7. Inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride, inspired by an overweening conceit of ones personal attainments or decorations. Fops cannot be cured of their vanity. Vanity is the food of fools. No man sympathizes with the sorrows of vanity. -Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. *Vainglory VAINGLORY, n. [vain and glory.] Exclusive vanity excited by ones own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind. He hath nothing of vainglory. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory. Phil. 2. - Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. - Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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