Ecclesiastes 1:2-3; Ecclesiastes 1:14

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Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

2 Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That's what the Quester says.] There's nothing to anything - it's all smoke.
3 What's there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone?
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Ecclesiastes 1:14

14 I've seen it all and it's nothing but smoke - smoke, and spitting into the wind.
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