Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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In Context
25For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
Cross References
Genesis 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
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 →