Ecclesiastes 2:26
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 2 | |
| 1 | The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure. |
| 12 | Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event. |
| 18 | The vanity of human labour, in leaving it they know not to whom. |
| 24 | Nothing better than joy in our labour; but that is God's gift. |
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Ecclesiastes 2:26 (King James Version)
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.
- in his sight
- Hebrew before him.
- Genesis 7:1 ; Luke 1:6
- wisdom
- 2 Chronicles 31:20 2 Chronicles 31:21 ; Proverbs 3:13-18 ; Isaiah 3:10 Isaiah 3:11 ; John 16:24 ; Romans 14:17 Romans 14:18
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Corinthians 1:31 ; Galatians 5:22 Galatians 5:23 ; Colossians 1:9-12 ; Colossians 3:16 Colossians 3:17 James 3:17
- to the sinner
- Job 27:16 Job 27:17 ; Proverbs 13:22 ; 28:8