Ecclesiastes 1:14 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:14

14: Everything under the sun is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

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.

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

  1. Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is 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.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

  1. Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Psalms 39:5

  1. My life is no longer than the width of my hand. An entire lifetime is just a moment to you; human existence is but a breath."
  2. We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

  1. So I worked hard to distinguish wisdom from foolishness. But now I realize that even this was like chasing the wind.
  2. For the greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

1 Kings 4:30

  1. In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt.
  2. He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda--the sons of Mahol. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
  3. He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.
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