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 increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done 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.

I should

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Then the Lord said to Solomon, “Since you have done this and did not keep My covenant and My statutes, which I commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

“‘Father,’ he said, ‘then I beg you to 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 God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.

General references

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.