Ecclesiastes 12:8

All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Psalm 62:9

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
Psalm 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

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