Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

Ecclesiastes 4:4

4 Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

7 I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness:

8 a solitary person, completely alone - no children, no family, no friends - yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, "Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?" More smoke. A bad business.