Ecclesiastes 4:4

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

He had so many slaves and flocks and herds that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 31:1

One day Jacob heard Laban’s sons talking. They said, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned, and in this way he has become rich.”

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

People can work hard using all their wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but they will die, and other people will get the things for which they worked. They did not do the work, but they will get everything. This is also unfair and useless.

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 4:16

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

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more you say, the more useless it is. What good does it do?

Ecclesiastes 6:9

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

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

James 4:5

Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.