Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Dissatisfaction » With the sinful life
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Heirs » General references to natural
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.
Murmuring » Instances of » Solomon
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind. And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;
The increase of his house shall depart; His goods'shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?