Ecclesiastes 1:17

Modern King James Version

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

Cross References

Psalm 73:16

When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was painful for me,

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I sought in my heart to drag my flesh with wine, yet leading my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, until I might see where the good for the sons of men might be, what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts, even one thing happens to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast; for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth; for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Prove all things, hold fast to the good.