Ecclesiastes 4:16 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:16

16: He might become the leader of millions and be very popular. But then the next generation grows up and rejects him! So again, it is all meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

  1. Everything under the sun is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

  1. So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

2 Samuel 15:12

  1. While he was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David's counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.
  2. A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell King David, "All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!"

Ecclesiastes 2:11

  1. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless. It was like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

1 Kings 12:10

  1. The young men replied, "This is what you should tell those complainers: `My little finger is thicker than my father's waist--if you think he was hard on you, just wait and see what I'll be like!
  2. Yes, my father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!'"
  3. Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had requested.
  4. But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
  5. and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, "My father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!"

Judges 9:19

  1. If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you.
  2. But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the people of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the people of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!"

1 Kings 1:5

  1. About that time David's son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, decided to make himself king in place of his aged father. So he provided himself with chariots and horses and recruited fifty men to run in front of him.
  2. Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking, "What are you doing?" Adonijah was a very handsome man and had been born next after Absalom.
  3. Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.

1 Kings 1:40

  1. And all the people returned with Solomon to Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.

2 Samuel 18:7

  1. and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David's men. There was a great slaughter, and twenty thousand men laid down their lives that day.
  2. The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

  1. God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

2 Samuel 19:9

  1. And throughout the tribes of Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The people were saying, "The king saved us from our enemies, the Philistines, but Absalom chased him out of the country.
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