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Ecclesiastes 2:17-18

17 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.

18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.

Cross References for Ecclesiastes 2:17-18

Genesis 3:17 - To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I command... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:17

Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:11 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:11

Job 14:1 - “Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Click to read the verse Job 14:1 Click to read the verse Job 14:1

Job 14:13 - “If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you ... Click to read the verse Job 14:13 Click to read the verse Job 14:13

Numbers 11:15 - If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now—if I have found favor in yo... Click to read the verse Numbers 11:15 Click to read the verse Numbers 11:15

Jonah 4:3 - Now, O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.” Click to read the verse Jonah 4:3 Click to read the verse Jonah 4:3

Job 3:20-22 - “Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, Click to read the verse Job 3:20-22 Click to read the verse Job 3:20-22

1 Kings 19:4 - while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 19:4 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 19:4

John 12:25 - The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will ke... Click to read the verse John 12:25 Click to read the verse John 12:25

Jeremiah 20:14-18 - Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed! Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:14-18 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 20:14-18

Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing ... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 1:14 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 1:14

Ezekiel 3:14 - The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 3:14 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 3:14

Jonah 4:8 - When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so th... Click to read the verse Jonah 4:8 Click to read the verse Jonah 4:8

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - A Time for Everything There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under hea... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:1 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:1

Job 7:15-16 - so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. Click to read the verse Job 7:15-16 Click to read the verse Job 7:15-16

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing af... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9

Psalms 89:47 - Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! Click to read the verse Psalms 89:47 Click to read the verse Psalms 89:47

Ecclesiastes 1:2 - “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 1:2 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 2:22 - What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:22 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:22

Ecclesiastes 11:8 - However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of dar... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 11:8 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 11:8

Ecclesiastes 12:8 - “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!” Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 12:8 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 12:8

Ecclesiastes 3:16 - And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the p... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:16 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:16

Ecclesiastes 4:16 - There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not plea... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:16 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:16

Ecclesiastes 4:3 - But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under t... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:3 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:3

Ecclesiastes 4:2 - And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still ... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:2 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:2

Philippians 1:23-25 - I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; Click to read the verse Philippians 1:23-25 Click to read the verse Philippians 1:23-25

Habakkuk 1:3 - Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are b... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:3 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:3