Ecclesiastes 1:2

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Related verses

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• Psalm 144:4
  Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Romans 8:20
  For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
• Ecclesiastes 5:10
  He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
• Psalm 39:5–6
  You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• Ecclesiastes 12:8
  “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
• Ecclesiastes 2:26
  To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 2:11
  Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 2:19
  And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 2:23
  Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 2:17
  So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8
  There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Ecclesiastes 2:21
  When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Glossary

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Book of Ecclesiastes· Futility

Topics

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Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning· Experience: Solomon's· Vanity: All Earthly Things Are