Ecclesiastes 2:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.  I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  life,  which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have seen to be good:  It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labour one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities  because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?  ,

1 John 2:16

For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh,  the lust of the eyes,  and the pride  in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts  that he labours at under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Job 31:1

I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?  ,

Judges 14:2

He went back and told his father and his mother, ‘I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.’

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God  saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a person riches, wealth, and honour  so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself,  but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;  enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy  , his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Ecclesiastes 5:17

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days,  with much frustration, sickness, and anger.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.