Ecclesiastes 1:14
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 1:14
What Does Ecclesiastes 1:14 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 1:14 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 1, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 1:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 11:28“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”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.”Psalms 127:2“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”Ecclesiastes 2:17“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.”Ecclesiastes 2:26“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 4:4“Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 6:9“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 11:10“Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.”Psalms 39:6“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”Ecclesiastes 4:16“There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Jeremiah 2:13“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”Job 7:3“So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.”Psalms 39:5“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”Ecclesiastes 1:17“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 2:15“Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 8:9“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”Genesis 42:38“And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”Esther 5:13“Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”Psalms 144:4“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Ecclesiastes 12:8“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”
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