Ecclesiastes 2:11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26
Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIV
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 NIV
Then I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 2:17 NIV
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 NIV
For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
Ecclesiastes 2:23 NIV
All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.