Bible Cross References
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So life came to mean nothing to me, because everything in it had brought me nothing but trouble. It had all been useless; I had been chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
How can anyone know what is best for us in this short, useless life of ours---a life that passes like a shadow? How can we know what will happen in the world after we die?
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No one can keep from dying or put off the day of death. That is a battle we cannot escape; we cannot cheat our way out.
Psalm 62:9
Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.