Ecclesiastes 2:21

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:17

But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness and upon shedding innocent blood and upon oppression and running after evil works.

Jeremiah 22:15

Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

2 Chronicles 35:18

There was no phase like to this in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet: neither did any of all the kings of Israel keep such a phase as Josias kept, with the priests, and the Levites, and all Juda, and Israel that were found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father: He declined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Psalm 49:10

For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

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

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.

Psalm 39:7

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:

Psalm 49:11

I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.