Ecclesiastes 1:17

King James 2000

And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is like grasping the wind.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Test all things; hold fast that which is good.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Psalm 73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; the same thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is one who neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes:)

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.