Ecclesiastes 2:17
And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
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Numbers 11:15And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
Job 3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
Job 7:16I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Psalms 89:47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →