Bible Cross References
a vanity
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all labor, and every successful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, without a second; indeed, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he does not ask, For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity; indeed, it is an evil task.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes from a ruler's presence:
there be just
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also considered that one event happens to them all.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen everything in the days of my vanity: There is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
1
For all this I took to heart, in order to explain it: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. No man knows, whether by love or hatred, all that is before them.
2
All happens alike to everyone; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.
3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Job 9:22-24
22
It is all one; therefore I have said, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
23
If the scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
Job 21:17-34
17
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! How often does their calamity come upon them, the sorrows God distributes in His anger!
18
They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that a storm steals away.
19
God treasures up one's iniquity for his children. He recompenses him, that he may know it.
20
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
For what is his delight in his house after him, when the number of his months has been cut off?
22
Can anyone teach the Mighty God knowledge, since He judges those that are on high?
23
One dies in his full strength, being wholly secure and at ease;
24
his pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.
25
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.
26
They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.
27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots with which you would do me wrong.
28
For you say, Where is the house of the noble one? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?
29
Have you not asked those who pass along the road? And do you not know their trademarks?
30
For the wicked are reserved for the day of calamity; they shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
31
Who declares his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?
32
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and a vigil kept over the tomb.
33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall drag along after him, as countless ones before him.
34
How then do you comfort me with vanity, since treachery remains in your answers?
Job 24:21-25
21
He mistreats the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
22
He also draws the mighty away with his strength; he rises up, but no one is sure of life.
23
He gives them security, and they trust in it; yet His eyes are on their ways.
24
They are exalted for a little while, then they are gone. They are brought low; they are all drawn together out of the way, and cut off like heads of grain.
25
And if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
Psalm 73:13
Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Psalm 73:14
For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Malachi 3:15
And now we are calling the arrogant blessed. Those that work wickedness are built up; they even test God, and escape.