'Spirit' in the Bible

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

And I have hated life, for sad to me is the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For an event is to the sons of man, and an event is to the beasts, even one event is to them; as the death of this, so is the death of that; and one spirit is to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole is vanity.

Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'

there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.