Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Emptiness » Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)
Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts.
I told myself, "I will test you with pleasure, so enjoy yourself." But this was pointless.
Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."
There was no end to all of his subjects or to all of the people who had come before them. But those who come along afterward will not be happy with him. This is also pointless and a chasing after wind.
Banish sorrow from your heart, and evil from your body, since both childhood and the prime of life are pointless.