Ecclesiastes 1:14

Modern English Version

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Teacher, “everything is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I turned to all the work that my hands had done, and all the labor in which I had toiled doing it; and again, all of it was vanity and chasing the wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I began to hate life, because the labor that was done under the sun was contemptible to me, for all of this is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the person who is pleasing before Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the one who sins, He gives the task to gather and collect, to give to the other person who is pleasing before God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For there is an event for people and an event for animals, one fate for them both; as one dies, so does the other; there is one breath for all of them. There is no advantage for people over animals, for everything is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no limit to all the people, to all who were before him. But all those who were to come later would not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I observed that all labor and skill of work come one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a full hand of quietness than handfuls of toil and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better to be content with the sight of eyes than to have a wandering appetite. This is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to observe the business that is done on earth, while day and night there is no sleep for one’s eyes,