Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Cross References Psalm 89:47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. Ecclesiastes 1:17 So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind. Ecclesiastes 2:18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2:23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 3:9 What does the worker gain from his toil? Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 5:16 This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind? Treasury of Scripture Then I looked on all the works that my hands had worked, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. i looked Ecclesiastes 2:14 Genesis 1:31 Exodus 39:43 behold Ecclesiastes 1:3,14 Habakkuk 2:13 1 Timothy 6:6 |