Ecclesiastes 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

I hated

Ecclesiastes 9:9

I should

General references

Proverbs 17:25

Zechariah 9:6

Bible References

I hated

I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his

reward.

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your

fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

I should

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night

your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

General references

A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.