Ecclesiastes 2:10

New International Reader's Version

I gave myself everything my eyes wanted. There wasn’t any pleasure that I refused to give myself. I took delight in everything I did. And that was what I got for all my work.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree’s fruit was good to eat and pleasing to look at. She also saw that it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.

Job 31:1

“I made an agreement with my eyes. I promised not to look at a young woman with impure thoughts.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from things that are worthless. Keep me alive as you have promised.

Psalm 128:2

Your work will give you what you need. Blessings and good things will come to you.

Proverbs 23:5

When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You young people, be happy while you are still young. Let your heart be joyful while you are still strong. Do what your heart tells you to do. Go after what your eyes look at. But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come on. I’ll try out pleasure. I want to find out if it is good.” But it also proved to be meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What do people get for all their hard work on earth? What do they get for all their worries?

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So a person should enjoy their work. That’s what God made them for. I saw that there’s nothing better for them to do than that. After all, who can show them what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Anyone who loves money never has enough. Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what they get. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All their lives they eat in darkness. Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor. They have everything their hearts desire. But God doesn’t let them enjoy those things. Instead, strangers enjoy them. This doesn’t have any meaning. It’s a very evil thing.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Being satisfied with what you have is better than always wanting more. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, hate and jealousy disappear. They will never share again in anything that happens on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

You love your wife. So enjoy life with her. Do it all the days of this meaningless life God has given you on earth. That’s what he made you for. That’s what you get for all your hard work on earth.

1 John 2:16

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.

Judges 14:2

When he returned, he spoke to his father and mother. He said, “I’ve seen a Philistine woman in Timnah. Get her for me. I want her to be my wife.”