Quotes about Meaning
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Proverbs 18:8
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
- Ecclesiastes 1:1
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 2:15
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:22
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:3
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- Ecclesiastes 5:7
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
- Ecclesiastes 6:6
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Isaiah 15:4
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- Isaiah 30:7