Ecclesiastes 1:2
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 1:2
What Does Ecclesiastes 1:2 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 1:2 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 1, verse 2 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 1:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 144:4“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Romans 8:20“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”Ecclesiastes 5:10“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”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 12:8“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 11:10“Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.”Proverbs 30:8“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:”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.”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.”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.”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 2:19“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.”Ecclesiastes 2:23“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”Psalms 62:9“Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.”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 2:21“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.”Ecclesiastes 3:19“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.”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 4:8“There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.”Ecclesiastes 6:9“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”
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