Quotes about Existence
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
— Proverbs 8:24
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
— Proverbs 8:25
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
— Ecclesiastes 1:2
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
— Ecclesiastes 1:4
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
— Ecclesiastes 1:5
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
— Ecclesiastes 1:10
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 1:14
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 2:11
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
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
— Ecclesiastes 3:15
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:18
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 3:19