TSK · Ecclesiastes 5:16

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.

Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Your priests did not ask,‘Where is the LORD?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?