Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 1

4 songs meet this passage

  • “Life is a waterfall”

    Aerials · System Of A Down

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:7

    The image of water endlessly flowing and returning echoes Ecclesiastes' meditation on cycles and the search for meaning within them.

  • “The world's still spinning 'round, we don't know why”

    Champagne Supernova · Oasis

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-9

    The lyric's bewildered 'why' mirrors the Preacher's own vertigo at life's repetition and seeming meaninglessness.

  • “what is love?”

    Landslide (Remastered) · Fleetwood Mac

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-9

    The questioning tone recalls the Preacher's own unresolved wondering about life's meaning, a model of honest searching rather than despair.

  • Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) · The Andrews Sisters

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 1:2-9

    The song's weary jab at 'civilized' progress echoes the Preacher's observation that human striving and invention often amount to vanity and weariness.

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Elsewhere in Ecclesiastes 1