Ecclesiastes 2:19

The Scriptures 1998

And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he shall rule over all my labour in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. That too is futile.

Cross References

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first clean, then peaceable, gentle, ready to obey, filled with compassion and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that man could do no better but to rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who would bring him to see what shall be after him?

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me:

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some, by longing for it, have strayed from the belief, and pierced themselves through with many pains.

1 Kings 12:13

But the sovereign answered the people harshly, and ignored the advice which the elders had given him,

Ecclesiastes 2:20

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

1 Kings 11:43

So Shelomoh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of Dawiḏ

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labour in which I had toiled, see, all was futile and feeding on wind, and there was no gain under the sun.