Ecclesiastes 1:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

there was no end to all those people whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, how one’s eyes see sleep neither day nor night,