Ecclesiastes 2:10-11; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

10 I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.

11 Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"

Ecclesiastes 2:17

17 So I hated life because the work done under the sun [is] grievous to me. For everything [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

24 There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight} in his toil. For I also realized that this [is] from the hand of God!

25 For who can eat [and drink], and who can enjoy [life] apart from him?

26 For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!