Ecclesiastes 2:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.

1 Kings 3:12

Behold, I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart; insomuch that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.