Ecclesiastes 2:11

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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.

I looked

Behold

General references

Proverbs 14:13

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Bible References

I looked

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning the sixth day.

And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Jehovah had commanded so had they done it; and Moses blessed them.

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Behold

And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

But piety with contentment is great gain.

General references

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?