Ecclesiastes 2:11 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

11: 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 1:14

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

Ecclesiastes 1:3

  1. What do people get for all their hard work?

1 John 2:16

  1. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.
  2. And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.

1 Timothy 6:6

  1. Yet true religion with contentment is great wealth.

Genesis 1:31

  1. Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.

Exodus 39:43

  1. Moses inspected all their work and blessed them because it had been done as the LORD had commanded him.

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. I am disgusted that I must leave the fruits of my hard work to others.
  3. 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!
  4. So I turned in despair from hard work. It was not the answer to my search for satisfaction in this life.
  5. 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.

Habakkuk 2:13

  1. Has not the LORD Almighty promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!
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