Ecclesiastes 2:11

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.

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 like grasping the wind.

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

And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

For 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

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor to feed the fire, and the people shall weary themselves in vain?

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

General references

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.

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

What profit has he that works in that in which he labors?