Ecclesiastes 1:2

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¹ The words of the Preacher (assembler) (lecturer), 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 labor that he works under the sun?

All is Vanity

Vanity of Vanities

Everything Is Meaningless

No

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subject to corruption, not by it's own will but by reason of the one who subjected it on the basis of hope.

Psalm 39:5-6

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 62:9-10

Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart: As it happens to the fool, so it will happen to me. Why have I been so wise? Then I said in my heart: This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? But he will have power over all the work that I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand. But one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

What happens to the sons of men also happens to animals. As the one dies so the other dies. Yes, they all have one breath so that a man has no advantage over animals. For all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have learned why people work so hard to succeed. It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is vanity! It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them. Those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Seeing there is much that increases futility, what outcome is there for man?

Ecclesiastes 11:8

If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

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