• Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
  "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher;
  "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
  What profit has a man from all his labor
  In which he toils under the sun?
  One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
  But the earth abides forever.
  
   
• Ecclesiastes 1:8-11
  All things are full of labor;
  Man cannot express it.
  The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
  Nor the ear filled with hearing.
  That which has been is what will be,
  That which is done is what will be done,
  And there is nothing new under the sun.
  Is there anything of which it may be said,
  "See, this is new"?
  It has already been in ancient times before us.
  There is no remembrance of former things,
  Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
  By those who will come after.
   
• Romans 8:20-23
  For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
   
• 1 John 2:15-17
  Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
   
• Ecclesiastes 1:13-15
  And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
  What is crooked cannot be made straight,
  And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
   
• Ecclesiastes 1:17
  And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
  
   
• Ecclesiastes 3:9-11
  What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
   

Related Scriptures

• Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
  Fear God and keep His commandments,
  For this is man's all.
  For God will bring every work into judgment,
  Including every secret thing,
  Whether good or evil.
   
• Proverbs 16:25
  There is a way that seems right to a man,
  But its end is the way of death.
  
   
• Isaiah 55:2
  Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
  And your wages for what does not satisfy?
  Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
  And let your soul delight itself in abundance.