Proverbs 21:6

21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth;

they seek death.

Proverbs 22:8

22:8 The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble,

and the rod of his fury will end.

Proverbs 23:5

23:5 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone,

for they surely make wings for themselves,

and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Psalms 62:9-10

62:9 Men are nothing but a mere breath;

human beings are unreliable.

When they are weighed in the scales,

all of them together are lighter than air.

62:10 Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression!

Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery!

If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Psalms 119:29

119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit!

Graciously give me your law!

Psalms 119:37

119:37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless!

Revive me with your word!

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Introduction: Utter Futility

1:2 “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,

“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

Isaiah 5:18

5:18 Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead,

who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Isaiah 59:4

59:4 No one is concerned about justice;

no one sets forth his case truthfully.

They depend on false words and tell lies;

they conceive of oppression

and give birth to sin.

John 2:8

2:8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” and they did.

Acts 14:15

14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.