Meaningless — Симфония — New Living Translation

Gal 2:21

I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

1Tim 1:4

Don’t let them waste their time in endless discussion of myths and spiritual pedigrees. These things only lead to meaningless speculations, which don’t help people live a life of faith in God.

1Tim 1:6

But some people have missed this whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their time in meaningless discussions.

Eccl 1:2

2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

Eccl 1:14

I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 2:1

1 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.

Eccl 2:11

But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless — like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

Eccl 2:15

Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”

Eccl 2:17

So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 2:19

And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!

Eccl 2:21

Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy.

Eccl 2:23

Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.

Eccl 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 3:19

For people and animals share the same fate — both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

Eccl 4:4

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 4:7

7 I observed yet another example of something meaningless under the sun.

Eccl 4:8

This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Eccl 4:16

Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 5:10

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Eccl 6:2

God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn’t give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless — a sickening tragedy.

Eccl 6:4

His birth would have been meaningless, and he would have ended in darkness. He wouldn’t even have had a name,

Eccl 6:9

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless — like chasing the wind.

Eccl 6:12

In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

Eccl 7:6

A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.

Eccl 7:15

15 I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.

Eccl 8:10

I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

Eccl 8:14

And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!

Eccl 9:9

Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.

Eccl 11:8

When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.

Eccl 11:10

So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.

Eccl 12:8

8 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless.”

Isa 1:13

Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting — they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.

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