Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Job 31:7

If my step has turned out of the way, or my heart has walked after my eyes, and if any blot has held fast to my hands;

Proverbs 30:15-16

The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! Three things are never satisfied, yea, four things never say, Enough!

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-24

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

I know that there is no good in them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen. it is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago you broke your yoke and tore up your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Wandering of the desire

Bible References

Better

Ecclesiastes 2:24
Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold that which I have seen. it is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

Wandering of the desire

Job 31:7
If my step has turned out of the way, or my heart has walked after my eyes, and if any blot has held fast to my hands;
Proverbs 30:15
The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! Three things are never satisfied, yea, four things never say, Enough!
Jeremiah 2:20
For long ago you broke your yoke and tore up your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot.

This

Ecclesiastes 6:2
a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.