Ecclesiastes 6:2

Legacy Standard Bible

a man to whom God gives riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God does not empower him to eat from them, for a foreigner eats from them. This is vanity and a sickening evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:13

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

1 Chronicles 29:25

And Yahweh highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and granted to him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:28

Then he died in a good old age, full of days, riches and glory; and his son Solomon became king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:11

And God said to Solomon, “Because you had this in your heart, and did not ask for riches, wealth, or glory, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may do justice for My people over whom I have made you king,

Psalm 17:14

From men with Your hand, O Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their excess to their infants.

Psalm 39:6

“Surely every man walks about as a shadow; Surely they make an uproar in vain; He piles up riches and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 73:7

Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of their heart overflow.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every labor and every success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a certain man without a second man, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches—“And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of good?” This too is vanity, and it is a grievous endeavor.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their master to his own evil demise.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a sickening evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So what is the advantage to him who labors for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to take up his portion and be glad in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight your soul in richness.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

Daniel 5:18

O king, the Most High God granted the kingdom, grandeur, glory, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

Hosea 7:9

Strangers devour his power, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed all your days.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The sojourner who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

Judges 18:10

When you enter, you will come to a secure people and a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”