9 occurrences

'Vexation Of Spirit' in the Bible

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

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.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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.

There is no end of all the people, of all who have been before them; they also who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

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