Ecclesiastes 6:9

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• Ecclesiastes 1:14
  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
• Job 31:7
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• Ecclesiastes 2:11
  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 1:2
  Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
• Ecclesiastes 11:9
  Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 5:18
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• Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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• Ecclesiastes 4:4
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• Ecclesiastes 2:22-24
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• Jeremiah 2:20
  For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

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