Ecclesiastes 1:8
Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.
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Proverbs 27:20In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 2:11But when I thought about what I had worked so hard to achieve, everything I'd done, it was so short-lived—as significant as someone trying to catch the wind. There really is no enduring benefit here on earth.
Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I turned to consider all the ways people oppress others here on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed—there's no one to comfort them! Powerful people oppress them, and there's no one to comfort them!
Ecclesiastes 5:10People who love money never have enough money; those who love wealth never have enough income. This too is so temporary and makes little sense.
Ecclesiastes 7:24Everything that exists is beyond our grasp—too deep for our understanding. Who can comprehend it?
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. I will give you rest.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9
The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →