Ecclesiastes 2:20

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.