1 Corinthians 15:2

15:2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:17

15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

Psalms 73:13

73:13 I concluded, “Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure

and maintained a pure lifestyle.

Isaiah 49:4

49:4 But I thought, “I have worked in vain;

I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.”

But the Lord will vindicate me;

my God will reward me.

Genesis 8:8

8:8 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Matthew 15:9

15:9 and they worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

Galatians 2:2

2:2 I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain.

James 1:26

1:26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

James 2:20

2:20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?