Bible Verses Like Ecclesiastes 2:11

“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.”

 

Bible verses related to Ecclesiastes 2:11 (similar cross-references)


Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 1:14)

Ecclesiastes 1:3 - What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 1:3)

Genesis 1:31 - And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.   (Verses like Genesis 1:31)

Exodus 39:43 - And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.   (Verses like Exodus 39:43)

Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 - Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 2:17)

Habakkuk 2:13 - Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?   (Verses like Habakkuk 2:13)

1 Timothy 6:6 - But godliness with contentment is great gain.   (Verses like 1 Timothy 6:6)

1 John 2:16-17 - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.   (Verses like 1 John 2:16)