Ecclesiastes 1:2 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:2

2: "Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "utterly meaningless!"

Romans 8:20

  1. Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

  1. "All is meaningless," says the Teacher, "utterly meaningless."

Psalms 144:4

  1. For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.

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 5:10

  1. Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Psalms 62:9

  1. From the greatest to the lowliest--all are nothing in his sight. If you weigh them on the scales, they are lighter than a puff of air.
  2. Don't try to get rich by extortion or robbery. And if your wealth increases, don't make it the center of your life.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

  1. And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? And yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work. How meaningless!

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 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 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 4:16

  1. 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 11:10

  1. So banish grief and pain, but remember that youth, with a whole life before it, still faces the threat of meaninglessness.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

  1. Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night they cannot rest. It is all utterly meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

  1. For though I do my work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, I must leave everything I gain to people who haven't worked to earn it. This is not only foolish but highly unfair.

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

  1. This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

  1. The more words you speak, the less they mean. So why overdo it?

Ecclesiastes 3:19

  1. For humans and animals both breathe the same air, and both die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

Ecclesiastes 2:15

  1. Both of them die. Just as the fool will die, so will I. So of what value is all my wisdom? Then I said to myself, "This is all so meaningless!"

Ecclesiastes 11:8

  1. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember that the dark days will be many. Everything still to come is meaningless.
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