-
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
-
Proverbs 30:15-16
The leech has two daughters:“ Give, Give!” Three things are never satisfied; four never say,“ Enough!”:Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says,“ Enough!”
-
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
-
Ecclesiastes 6:2
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.
-
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
-
Job 31:7
If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,
-
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
-
Ecclesiastes 2:22-24
For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
-
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
-
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
-
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
-
Jeremiah 2:20
For long ago I broke your yoke; I tore off your chains. You insisted,“ I will not serve!” On every high hill and under every green tree you lie down like a prostitute.