Ecclesiastes 12:8

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 12:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Ecclesiastes 1:27 votes

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

2. Ecclesiastes 6:123 votes

   For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

3. Ecclesiastes 8:83 votes

   As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

4. Psalm 62:92 votes

   Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

5. Ecclesiastes 1:142 votes

   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.

6. Ecclesiastes 2:172 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.

7. Ecclesiastes 4:42 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.

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 12:8?

The 10 strongest of 13.

• Ecclesiastes 1:2 10
• Ecclesiastes 1:1 8
• 1 Timothy 2:7 6
• Psalm 39:6 4
• 1 Corinthians 7:29 4
• Psalm 144:4 3
• Proverbs 23:5 3
• Ecclesiastes 7:27 3
• Jeremiah 2:13 3
• Psalm 78:33 2