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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Romans 8:20
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Romans 8:20
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20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Romans 8:20
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Romans 8:20
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20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope
Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10
Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(A) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:8
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
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8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
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Ecclesiastes 11:8
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8 However many years anyone may live,
let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(A) the days of darkness,
for there will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
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Ecclesiastes 6:11
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11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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Ecclesiastes 6:11
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Ecclesiastes 6:11
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11 The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
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