Ecclesiastes 2:10

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Summary

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Whatsoever

My heart rejoiced

General references

Proverbs 14:13

Bible References

Whatsoever

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

He went back and told his father and his mother: “I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

My heart rejoiced

For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.

General references

Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.