Ecclesiastes 2:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

Cross References

James 3:17

But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?

James 1:17

Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

1 Timothy 6:10

For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.

1 Kings 11:43

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father. And Roboam his son reigned in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.