The “Vanities” of (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 12:8) 1. Human wisdom 2:14–16 2. Human effort 2:18–23 3. Human achievement 2:26 4. Human life 3:18–22 5. Human rivalry 4:4 6. Human selfish sacrifice 4:7, 8 7. Human power 4:16 8. Human greed 5:10 9. Human accumulation 6:1–12 10. Human religion 8:10–14 1:15 crooked … lacking. With no necessarily moral implications being made, these words measure wisdom as the ability to resolve issues in life. In spite of man’s grandest efforts, some crooked matters