Ecclesiastes 1:2

Legacy Standard Bible

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

Cross References

Job 11:12

“Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom, And the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:47

Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So, remove vexation from your heart and put away evil from your flesh because childhood and the prime of life are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him be glad in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Thus I turned to all my works which my hands had done and the labor which I had labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and striving after wind, and there was no advantage under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, “As is the fate of the fool, so will my fate be also. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said in my heart, “This too is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, then he gives his portion to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

Because all his days his endeavor is painful and vexing; even at night his heart does not lie down. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a man who is good before Him, He has given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, while to the sinner He has given the endeavor of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good before God. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of the sons of men—many concubines.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be glad with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every labor and every success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a certain man without a second man, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches—“And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of good?” This too is vanity, and it is a grievous endeavor.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its produce. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For there are many words which increase vanity. What then is the advantage to a man?

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope