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Ecclesiastes 2:11
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:11
New King James Version
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was (A)vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:17
New King James Version
17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
New King James Version
The Vanity of Selfish Toil
4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 6:9
New King James Version
9 Better is [a]the (A)sight of the eyes than the wandering of [b]desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit. soul
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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