Ecclesiastes 2:26

Tree of Life Version

For to the one who pleases Him, He gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating wealth to give it to one who pleases God. This also is only vapor and striving after the wind.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

Then Adonai said to Noah, “Come—you and all your household—into the ark. For you only do I perceive as righteous before Me in this generation.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in people, the breath of Shaddai that gives them understanding.

Job 38:36

Who put wisdom in the secret place or gave understanding to the mind?

Psalm 39:6

Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah

Psalm 51:6

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 2:6

For Adonai gives wisdom. Out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever increases his wealth by exorbitant interest, gathers it for one kinder to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my heart to seek and examine by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a burdensome task God has given the sons of men to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

For who can eat and who can have joy, apart from Him?

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the task that God has given to the children of men to keep them occupied.

Luke 1:6

Together they were righteous before Adonai, walking without fault in all His commandments and instructions.

John 16:24

Up to now, you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.