Ecclesiastes 6:9

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• Ecclesiastes 1:14
  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.
• Job 31:7
  If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
• Ecclesiastes 11:9
  Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• 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 3:12–13
  I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
• Ecclesiastes 4:4
  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.
• Ecclesiastes 5:18
  Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
• Ecclesiastes 1:2
  “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
• Ecclesiastes 2:22–24
  For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 6:2
  God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
• Jeremiah 2:20
  “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
• Proverbs 30:15–16
  The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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Book of Ecclesiastes

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Contentment: General Scriptures Concerning