Ecc 2:11, 26, Mat 11:28, Rom 8:22-23 | ESV | STEP | Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it , and behold , all was vanity and a striving after wind , and there was nothing to be gained under the sun .

aSee ch. 1:14

bSee ch. 1:3

c Job 32:8

d[See ver. 7 above]

e[Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 13:22]

fSee ch. 1:14

g John 7:37; [John 6:37]

h[ver. 3]

i[ch. 23:4; Luke 11:46]

j Mark 16:15

k Jer. 12:4, 11

l[2 Cor. 5:5; James 1:18]

m 2 Cor. 5:2, 4

n ver. 19, 25; Isa. 25:9; Gal. 5:5

oSee ch. 7:24; Luke 21:28

Ecclesiastes 2:11

11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ^avanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ^bto be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

26 For to the one who pleases him ^cGod has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given ^dthe business of gathering and collecting, ^eonly to give to one who pleases God. ^fThis also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Matthew 11:28

28 ^gCome to ^hme, all who labor and are ⁱheavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Romans 8:22-23

22 For we know that ^jthe whole creation ^khas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^lthe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^mgroan inwardly as ⁿwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^othe redemption of our bodies.