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Emptiness. It is often applied to the man who wishes you to think more highly of him than what he really deserves; hence the vain man flatters in order to be flattered; is always fond of praise, endeavours to bribe others into a good opinion of himself by his complaisance, and sometimes even by good offices, though often displayed with unnecessary ostentation. The term is likewise applied to this world, as unsatisfactory, Ecc_1:2; to lying, Psa_4:2; to idols, Deu_32:21; to whatever disappoints our hopes, Psa_60:11.
See PRIDE.