Ecclesiastes 1:17

Young's Literal Translation 1862

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;

Cross References

Psalm 73:16

And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This `is' an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event `is' to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness `is' in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;