Ecclesiastes 2:21

King James 2000

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Cross References

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, and turned aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Chronicles 35:18

And there was no passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Psalm 39:7

And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 49:11

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.

Jeremiah 22:15

Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, and then it was well with him?

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.