Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Cross-References
“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”
“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”