Ecclesiastes 1:2

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¹ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. ² “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
³ What profit does a man have of all his labour which he takes under the sun?

All is Vanity

Vanity of Vanities

Everything Is Meaningless

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Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Romans 8:20

For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,

Psalm 39:5-6

Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like unto vanity; his days are as a shadow that passes away.

Psalm 62:9-10

Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, As it shall happen to the fool, so it shall happen even to me. Why have I worked until now to make myself wiser? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life because every work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all was vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool, he who shall have rule over all my labour in which I have laboured and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun? This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are only sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; so that a man has no more breath than a beast: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity and sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people that have been before them; those also that come after shall not be content in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Certainly the many words multiply vanity, what more does man have?

Ecclesiastes 11:8

but if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all; yet if afterwards he remembers the days of darkness, for they shall be many, he shall say that everything that shall have happened to him is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.