Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Cross References (8)

  • Ecclesiastes 1:14 (10)

    I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

  • 1 John 2:16–17 (9)

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Fa

  • Ecclesiastes 1:3 (8)

    What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

  • Genesis 1:31 (3)

    And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the

  • Exodus 39:43 (3)

    And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed

  • 1 Timothy 6:6 (3)

    Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:17–23 (1)

    So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit

  • Habakkuk 2:13 (1)

    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselv