Verse 17

Thus begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of mynde:

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.
  • Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 Morouer, I sawe vnder ye Sonne, vngodlynesse in the steade of iudgment, & iniquite in steade of rightuousnesse.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, to be more happie then soch as be alyue:
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the daye, wherein I was borne: vnhappie be ye daye, where in my mother brought me forth. 15 Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidinges, to make him glad, sayenge: thou hast gotten a sonne. 16 Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities which ye LORDE turned vpside downe (when he had longe herde the wicked rumoure of them) 17 because he slewe me not, as soone as I came out off my mothers wombe, and because my mother was not my graue hirselff, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her. 18 Wherfore came I forth off my mothers wombe? To haue experience of laboure and sorowe? and to lede my life with shame?
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 Now when the sprete toke me vp, and caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy and a soroufull mynde, but the honde off ye LORDE comforted me right soone.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 And now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And when the Sone was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde: and the Sonne bete ouer the heade of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, and wy?shed vnto his soule, that he might dye, and sayde: It is better for me to dye, the to lyue.
  • Hab 1:3 : 3 Why lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure? Tyrany and violence are before me, power ouergoeth right:
  • Phil 1:23-25 : 23 I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me) 24 but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you. 25 And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, and contynue with you all, for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith,
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And yf thou wylt deale thus wt me: O kyll me then, yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight, that I se not my wrechednesse.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to ye wyldernes, & came in, & sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre, & wy?shed vnto his soule yt he mighte dye, & sayde: It is now ynough LORDE, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is in mysery? and life vnto them, that haue heuy hertes? 21 (Which longe for death, and it commeth not: for yf they might fynde their graue, 22 they wolde be maruelous glad, as those that dygge vp treasure)
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 that my soule wyssheth rather to be hanged, and my bones to be deed. 16 I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne
  • Job 14:13 : 13 O that thou woldest kepe me, and hyde me in the hell, vntill thy wrath were stilled: & to appoynte me a tyme, wherin thou mightest remembre me.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.