Ecclesiastes declares the absolute vanity of all things under the sun. Biblical vanity does not refer to an excessive care on good looks. Biblical vanity is emptiness or worthlessness.
Many people use the New King James Version today. It is admittedly not as bad as those versions that completely depart from the Masoretic and Received Texts of the Hebrew and Greek Testaments. However, it still has the modern liberal approach to translation. This approach is as much the problem with new bibles as is the text they use for translation. Even versions that claim not to use the modernistic approach are very effected by this philosophy.
We always hear of the benefits of education. The Bible tells us what it cannot do.
Most theologians agree that, if Jesus were here today, He would oppose the death penalty. Most theologians are wrong.
You know how preachers are always telling you to be enthusiastic? Well, it's also important to be heading in the right direction.
Is knowing God nothing more than an intellectual exercise to the Bible-believer? Are we allowed to have an experiential knowledge of Him?
Are you able to concentrate on the task at hand? Jesus expected His disciples to have this trait.
What are the things that are most important to you? Judge them by the vanity factor. Do they satisfy? Will they last? How does God view them?
