Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Dissatisfaction » With the sinful life
At last 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.
Therefore, their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are very bitter.
The ashes feed him; his deceived heart inclines him, that he not deliver his soul and say, Is not the lie at my right hand?
Then they shall pass through this land, fatigued and hungry, and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves and curse their king and their God. And raising their face high,
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should 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, behold, one born in my house is my heir.
then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the right of the firstborn unto the son of the beloved in preference over the son of the hated, who is indeed the firstborn;
Therefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should 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 sons of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
So that the inheritance shall not change from one tribe to another tribe, each one of the tribes of the sons of Israel shall cleave to his own inheritance.
Murmuring » Instances of » Solomon
Therefore I hated life because every work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all was vanity and vexation of spirit. Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon riches which are not? For they shall certainly make themselves wings; they shall fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
As the partridge that steals that which she did not hatch, is he that gets riches and not with righteousness; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
The increase of his house shall be taken captive; they shall be scattered in the day of his wrath.
For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation?