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Eccl.2.26

Ecclesiastes 2:26

KJV

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The Futility of Work

Cross References

Job 27:16
KJV
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

The Wicked Man’s Portion

Job 27:17
KJV
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The Wicked Man’s Portion

Job 32:8
KJV
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends

Job 38:36
KJV GOD
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

The LORD Challenges Job

God’s Mighty Power
Psalm 39:6
KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

I Will Watch My Ways

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
Psalm 51:6
KJV
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.
Proverbs 2:6
KJV
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

The Benefits of Wisdom

Proverbs 13:22
KJV
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

A Father’s Discipline

Ecclesiastes 1:13
KJV
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 1:14
KJV
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 2:25
KJV
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

The Futility of Work

Ecclesiastes 3:10
KJV
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

God’s Works Remain Forever