Ecclesiastes 1:2

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 1:2 point to?

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1. Psalm 144:417 votes

   Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

2. Romans 8:2014 votes

   For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

3. Ecclesiastes 5:1012 votes

   He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

4. Psalm 39:5–611 votes

   You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

5. Ecclesiastes 12:810 votes

   “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

6. Ecclesiastes 2:266 votes

   To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

7. Ecclesiastes 2:115 votes

   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.

8. Ecclesiastes 2:175 votes

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

9. Ecclesiastes 2:195 votes

   And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

10. Ecclesiastes 2:235 votes

    Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

11. Psalm 62:9–103 votes
12. Ecclesiastes 2:153 votes

    So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

13. Ecclesiastes 2:213 votes
14. Ecclesiastes 3:193 votes
15. Ecclesiastes 4:43 votes

    I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

16. Ecclesiastes 4:83 votes

    There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

17. Ecclesiastes 6:113 votes
18. Ecclesiastes 11:103 votes
19. Ecclesiastes 4:162 votes
20. Ecclesiastes 11:82 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 1:2?

The 10 strongest of 17.

• Ecclesiastes 11:10 7
• Ecclesiastes 12:8 7
• Proverbs 30:8 6
• Jeremiah 2:13 6
• Romans 8:20 6
• 1 Timothy 2:7 4
• Psalm 39:5 3
• Ecclesiastes 6:9 3
• Esther 5:13 2
• Psalm 78:33 2