Ecclesiastes 6:2

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

A man to whom God has given riches, and wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires; yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a foreign man eats it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:13

And also, I have given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, that there shall not be a man like you among the kings all your days.

1 Chronicles 29:25

And Jehovah magnified Solomon to a height in the eyes of all Israel, and gave to be on him the majesty of the kingdom, such as had not been on any king over Israel before him.

1 Chronicles 29:28

And he died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honor. And his son Solomon reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:11

And God said to Solomon, Because this has been in your heart, that you have not asked riches, treasures, and honor, and the life of those who hate you, and also have not asked many days, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may judge My people, over whom I have made you to reign;

Psalm 17:14

from men, by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and their belly You fill with Your hidden things; they are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.

Psalm 39:6

Surely a man walks about in shadow; surely they are in an uproar in vain; he heaps up and does not know who is gathering them.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes go out with fat; they have passed the imaginations of the heart.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I considered all labor, and every advantage of the work, that it is the envy of a man against his neighbor; this is also vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; and there is not a son or a brother to him; and there is not an end to all his labor; even his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor, and my soul be without good? This is also vanity; yea, it is an evil task.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is an evil thing which I have seen under the sun, which makes one to be sick: riches being kept for its owner to his evil;

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is an evil thing which makes one to be sick, that in all, as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is to him who has labored for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: It is good, it is beautiful, to eat and to drink and to see good in all his labor that the laborer does under the sun, the number of the days of his life which God gives to him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Also every man to whom God has given riches and treasures, and gives him power to eat of it, and to take his share, and to rejoice in being a laborer; it is the gift of God.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you weigh out silver for that which is not bread, and your labor for what is not to satisfaction? Listening, listen to Me and eat the good; and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned to aliens, our houses to foreigners.

Daniel 5:18

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

Hosea 7:9

Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are sprinkled on him, and he does not know.

Deuteronomy 28:33

The fruit of your ground, and all your labor, shall be eaten up by a nation which you do not know. And you shall always be oppressed and crushed.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The sojourner in your midst shall go above you, higher and higher; and you shall come down, lower and lower.

Judges 18:10

When you go you shall come to a secure people, and the land is large on both hands; for God has given it into your hand, a place in which there is no lack of anything which is in the land.