Ecclesiastes 1:8 (NLT)
Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are never content.
Proverbs 1:13 (NLT)
I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
Ecclesiastes 1:16 (5NLT)
I said to myself, "Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me.
I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them."
Ecclesiastes 1:17 (NLT)
So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NLT)
I said to myself, "Come on let's try pleasure.
Let's look for the good things in life."
But I found that this, too, was meaningless.