Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.(A)
Romans 8:20
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20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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Psalm 144:4
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4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
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8 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(B)
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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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.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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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.(A)
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