Ecclesiastes 1:2

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¹ These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. ² All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity. ³ For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

All is Vanity

Vanity of Vanities

Everything Is Meaningless

No

Ecclesiastes 12:8

All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.

Romans 8:20

because the creatures are subdued to vanity against their will: but for his will which subdueth them in hope.

Psalm 39:5-6

Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a thing of naught; his time passeth away like a shadow.

Psalm 62:9-10

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then thought I in my mind, "If it happeneth unto the fool as it doth unto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdom?" So I confessed within my heart, that this also was but vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Thus began I to be weary of my life, in so much that I could away with nothing that is done under the Sun, for all was but vanity and vexation of mind:

Ecclesiastes 2:19

For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?

Ecclesiastes 2:21

Forsomuch as a man should weary himself with wisdom, with understanding and opportunity, and yet be fain to leave his labours unto another, that never sweat for them. This is also a vain thing and a great misery.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

but heaviness, sorrow and disquietness all the days of his life? Insomuch that his heart cannot rest in the night. Is not this also a vain thing?

Ecclesiastes 2:26

He giveth unto man, what it pleaseth him; whether it be wisdom, understanding, or gladness. But unto the sinner he giveth weariness and sorrow, that he may gather and heap together the thing, that afterward shall be given unto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vain thing, yea a very disquietness and vexation of mind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one man, no more but himself alone, having neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of his careful travail, his eyes cannot be satisfied with riches. Yet, doth he not remember himself, and say, "For whom do I take such travail? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life?" This is also a vain and miserable thing.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Many things there be that increase vanity, and what hath a man else?

Ecclesiastes 11:8

If a man live many years, and be glad in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, which shall be many: And when they come, all things shall be but vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remove evil from thy body: for childhood and youth is but vanity.