Quotes about Futility
Running from the presence of God has the futility of "trying to shovel smoke with a rake".
- Paul David Tripp
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Job 3:21
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- Job 7:3
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
- Job 9:29
The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
- Job 41:26
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
- Psalm 1:4
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Psalm 33:17
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
- Psalm 78:33
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
- Psalm 89:47
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
- Proverbs 27:16
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8