Ecclesiastes 1:17

New Century Version

So I decided to find out about wisdom and knowledge and also about foolish thinking, but this turned out to be like chasing the wind.

Cross References

Psalm 73:16

I tried to understand all this, but it was too hard for me to see

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Everything is useless! The Teacher says that everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

The same thing happens to animals and to people; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People are no better off than the animals, because everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Maybe so, but I say it is better to be content with what little you have. Otherwise, you will always be struggling for more, and that is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to see what you have than to want more. Wanting more is useless— like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I tried to understand all that happens on earth. I saw how busy people are, working day and night and hardly ever sleeping.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is something wrong that happens here on earth: What happens to one happens to all. So people’s minds are full of evil and foolish thoughts while they live. After that, they join the dead.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

But test everything. Keep what is good,