Cross references

Ecclesiastes 2:11

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:11 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 1:14 (10 votes) and 1 John 2:16–17 (9 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:11 point to?

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

  1. 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.

  2. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

  3. What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

  4. And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  5. And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

  6. Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

  7. 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. I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. …

  8. Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:11?

The 10 strongest of 28.