Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then 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.
General references
Bible References
I looked
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Exodus 39:43
Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.
1 John 2:16
For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Behold
Ecclesiastes 2:17
Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does a man gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?
that he labors at under the sun?
Habakkuk 2:13 Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is a great gain.
General references
Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.
and joy may end in grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What does the worker gain from his struggles?