Ecclesiastes 6:11

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 6:11 point to?

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1. Ecclesiastes 4:164 votes

   There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

2. Ecclesiastes 5:73 votes

   For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

3. Psalm 73:62 votes

   Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

4. Ecclesiastes 1:6–92 votes

   The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course. All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow. …

5. Ecclesiastes 1:17–182 votes

   So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

6. Ecclesiastes 2:3–112 votes

   I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. …

7. Ecclesiastes 3:192 votes

   For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

8. Ecclesiastes 4:1–42 votes

   Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter. So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive. …

9. Ecclesiastes 4:82 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.

10. Hosea 12:12 votes

    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 6:11?

Ranked by reader votes.

• Luke 10:41 12
• Psalm 39:6 4
• Ecclesiastes 1:2 3
• Ecclesiastes 11:8 3
• Romans 3:1 3
• 1 Corinthians 15:19 3
• Job 7:16 2
• Ecclesiastes 4:4 1