Ecclesiastes 2:19

New King James Version

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Cross References

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Luke 16:8

So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Kings 12:13

Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.

1 Kings 11:43

Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.