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.
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Bible References
I looked
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that he had made -- and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Exodus 39:43
Moses inspected all the work -- and they had done it just as the Lord had commanded -- they had done it exactly -- and Moses blessed them.
1 John 2:16
because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Behold
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
Habakkuk 2:13
Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
1 Timothy 6:6
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?