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Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in many dreams and in many words there is futility. Rather, fear God.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
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Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is brought to Egypt.
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Psalms 73:6
Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
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Ecclesiastes 1:6-9
Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.All things are wearisome; No one can tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them. Even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him; for this too is futility and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked,“ And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and power was on the side of their oppressors, but they had no one to comfort them.So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3-11
I explored with my mind how to refresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.I bought male and female slaves, and I had slaves born at home. I also possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.I also amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers, and the pleasures of the sons of mankind: many concubines.Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my reward for all my labor.So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.
