Ecclesiastes 1:17

New King James Version

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

Cross References

Psalm 73:16

When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me—

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Test all things; hold fast what is good.