Ecclesiastes 2:11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!

Exodus 39:43

When Moses saw that they had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded, he blessed them.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What gain have the workers from their toil?

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go; and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only to feed the flames, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

1 Timothy 6:6

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;