Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
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In Context
25For who eats and who hurries out more than I?
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And YHWH says to Noah, “Come, you and all your house, into the Ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before Me in this generation;
Job 27:16If he heaps up silver as dust, || And prepares clothing as clay,
Job 32:8Surely a spirit is in man, || And the breath of the Mighty One || Causes them to understand.
Proverbs 3:13O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, || And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
Proverbs 28:8Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, || Gathers it for one favoring the poor.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that [it is] good, || Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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… Read the whole commentary →