Ecclesiastes 4:16

New Century Version

Many followed him at first, but later, they did not like him, either. So fame and power are useless, like chasing the wind.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:9

People in all the tribes of Israel began to argue, saying, “The king saved us from the Philistines and our other enemies, but he left the country because of Absalom.

1 Kings 1:40

All the people followed Solomon into the city. Playing flutes and shouting for joy, they made so much noise the ground shook.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at everything done on earth and saw that it is all useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at what I had done, and I thought about all the hard work. Suddenly I realized it was useless, like chasing the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do here on earth.

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 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I watched all the people who live on earth follow him and make him their king.