Ecclesiastes 1:14
"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11
"Then 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."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:26
"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight 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 is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:17
"Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 6:9
"Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 39:5
"Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 4:4
"Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 1:17
"And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 4:30
"And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt."
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