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so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
Job Chapter 7: Verse 3
I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
Job Chapter 7: Verse 16
You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath.
Psalms Chapter 39: Verse 5
You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth, each man is but a breath.
Psalms Chapter 39: Verse 11
The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile.
Psalms Chapter 94: Verse 11
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 37
Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
Psalms Chapter 144: Verse 4
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1: Verse 2
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1: Verse 14
I thought in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good." But that also proved to be meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2: Verse 1
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done?
I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
Then I thought in my heart, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said in my heart, "This too is meaningless."
For the wise man, like the fool, will not be long remembered; in days to come both will be forgotten. Like the fool, the wise man too must die! Toil Is Meaningless
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?
All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?
To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2: Verses 11 - 26
Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: Verse 19
And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is meaningless, a miserable business!
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4: Verses 4 - 8
There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4: Verse 16
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5: Verse 10
God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 6: Verses 2 - 4
Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Whatever exists has already been named, and what man is has been known; no man can contend with one who is stronger than he.
The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?
Ecclesiastes Chapter 6: Verses 9 - 11
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 7: Verse 6
Then too, I saw the wicked buried,those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 8: Verse 10
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 8: Verse 14
However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.
Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11: Verses 8 - 10
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!" The Conclusion of the Matter
Ecclesiastes Chapter 12: Verse 8
See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.
Isaiah Chapter 41: Verse 29
All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.
Isaiah Chapter 44: Verse 9
The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
Romans Chapter 8: Verses 19 - 20
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