Ecclesiastes 2:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:43

And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

1 Kings 12:13

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his workbecause that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

Luke 16:8

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

James 1:17

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

James 3:17

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.