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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Exodus 39:43
Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

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Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.

Genesis 5:29
He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”

Isaiah 24:5
The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 24:6
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

Romans 8:21
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

Romans 8:23
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Hebrews 2:15
and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 11:4
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

Proverbs 5:4
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Luke 16:25
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.

Luke 17:28
Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

Luke 17:29
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.

Revelation 18:7
However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire, for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

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1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.

1 Samuel 17:8
He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 17:49
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

1 Samuel 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.

1 Samuel 17:51
Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 31:4
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.

1 Samuel 31:5
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

2 Samuel 16:23
The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel was like this both with David and with Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 18:14
Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.

2 Samuel 18:17
They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

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1 Kings 4:21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kings 4:22
Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,

1 Kings 4:23
ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

1 Kings 4:24
For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.

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1 Kings 4:30
Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 4:31
For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.

1 Kings 4:32
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.

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1 Kings 7:10
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

1 Kings 7:11
Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.

1 Kings 7:12
The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house.

1 Kings 9:19
all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 7:11
Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s house and the king’s house; and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s house and in his own house.

2 Chronicles 8:6
and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

Jeremiah 22:15
“Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

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1 Kings 10:14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

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Nehemiah 13:26
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

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Job 33:27
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’

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Psalms 32:10
Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

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Psalms 39:11
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

Psalms 49:17
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

Psalms 49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

Psalms 62:10
Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

Psalms 73:25
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Proverbs 23:5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

Matthew 6:19
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

Isaiah 47:13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.

Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

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Psalms 119:96
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

Matthew 5:18
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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Job 28:18
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Psalms 4:6
Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Psalms 4:7
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

Psalms 39:7
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Matthew 13:45
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 9:25
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

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Deuteronomy 12:7
There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:18
but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

Deuteronomy 26:10
Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh, have given me.” You shall set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 26:11
You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you.

Deuteronomy 28:47
Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

Ecclesiastes 1:13
I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Ecclesiastes 2:16
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 3:22
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:19
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

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Ecclesiastes 6:2
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

Ecclesiastes 8:17
then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

Romans 12:12
rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Philippians 4:5
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

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2 Samuel 5:11
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

2 Samuel 7:2
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”

1 Kings 7:1
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

1 Kings 7:2
For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

1 Kings 7:3
It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.

1 Kings 7:4
There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.

1 Kings 7:5
All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.

1 Kings 7:6
He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.

1 Kings 7:7
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

1 Kings 7:8
His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the same construction. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.

1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, even of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

Jeremiah 22:14
who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.

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James 4:9
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

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