Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.(Ecclesiastes 2:17)
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.(Ecclesiastes 2:18)
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.(Ecclesiastes 2:19)
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.(Ecclesiastes 2:21)
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?(Ecclesiastes 2:22)
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.(Ecclesiastes 2:23)
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Ecclesiastes 2:20 - Cross Reference
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. (Genesis 43:14)
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. (1 Thessalonians 3:3)
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. (Job 17:11)
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psalm 39:6)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (1 Corinthians 15:19)
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: (2 Corinthians 1:8)