Ecclesiastes 2:11

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day.

Psalm 89:47

How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Must your wrath smolder like fire?

Exodus 39:43

So when Moses saw that all the work was done just as the Lord had commanded, he blessed them.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17

yet when I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly, I learned that this also is a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit have we from all the toil which we toil at under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit have workers from their toil?

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Where there are great riches, there are also many to devour them. Of what use are they to the owner except as a feast for the eyes alone?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

All their days they eat in gloom with great vexation, sickness and resentment.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is this not from the Lord of hosts: peoples toil for what the flames consume, and nations grow weary for nothing!

1 Timothy 6:6

Indeed, religion with contentment is a great gain.