Ecclesiastes 6:9

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Job 31:7

If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands,

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 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O youth, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; Yet understand regarding all this that God will bring you to judgment.

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 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 5:18

Those to whom God gives riches and property, and grants power to partake of them, so that they receive their lot and find joy in the fruits of their toil: This is a gift from God.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

There is one to whom God gives riches and property and honor, and who lacks nothing the heart could desire; yet God does not grant the power to partake of them, but a stranger devours them. This is vanity and a dire plague.

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you broke your yoke, you tore off your bonds. You said, “I will not serve.” On every high hill, under every green tree, you sprawled and served as a prostitute.