Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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In Context
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Cross References
Genesis 7:1The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
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 →