Ecclesiastes 6:9

One Must Learn To Be Content With What One Has

⁸ What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living? ⁹ What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind. ¹⁰ That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

Enjoy the Good

Striving After Wind

Striving After Wind

Vexation Of Spirit

No

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

Job 31:7

If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

Proverbs 30:15-16

The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

Ecclesiastes 1:2

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-24

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

Jeremiah 2:20

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman