Business
Ecclesiastes 5:3 For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Strive
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:26 For to the man that pleases Him God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I saw all labor and every skillful work, that a man does who is envious of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Travail
Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 For to the man that pleases Him God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:10 I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one that is alone, and he has not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. “For whom then,” he said, “do I labor, and deprive my soul of good?” This also is vanity, yes, it is a sore travail.
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