Bible verses about "emptiness" | Leeser

³¹ Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby. ³² Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.

⁷ For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand: yea, this day, if ye will hearken to his voice, ⁸ Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as on the day of the temptation in the wilderness: ⁹ When your fathers tempted me, proved me, although they had seen my doing. ¹⁰ Forty years long did I feel loathing on that generation, and I said, It is a people of an erring heart; and they truly acknowledged not my ways: ¹¹ So that I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

¹¹ For I alone know the thoughts that I entertain respecting you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a happy future and hope.

¹² There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto death.

¹ A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ² In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down: beside still waters he leadeth me. ³ My soul he refresheth: he guideth me in the tracks of righteousness for the sake of his name. ⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff—they indeed comfort me. ⁵ Thou preparest before me a table in the presence of my assailants; thou anointest with oil my head: my cup overfloweth. ⁶ Surely, only goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life: and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord to the utmost length of days.