Ecclesiastes 1:14

New American Bible - revised edition

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a chase after wind.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, all things are vanity! Epilogue.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I turned to all the works that my hands had wrought, and to the fruit of the toil for which I had toiled so much, see! all was vanity and a chase after wind. There is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I detested life, since for me the work that is done under the sun is bad; for all is vanity and a chase after wind. To Others the Profits.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the lot of mortals and the lot of beasts is the same lot: The one dies as well as the other. Both have the same life breath. Human beings have no advantage over beasts, but all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end to all this people, to all who were before them; yet the later generations will not have joy in him. This also is vanity and a chase after wind. Vanity of Many Words.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind! Companions and Successors.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

“What the eyes see is better than what the desires wander after.” This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, though neither by day nor by night do one’s eyes see sleep,