Ecclesiastes 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Who knoweth

2 Chronicles 12:9

Wise under

General references

Proverbs 17:25

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Zechariah 9:6

Bible References

Who knoweth

And I saw that no good more than that man shall rejoice in his works; for this is his portion: for who shall bring him to look upon what shall be after him?

And he will speak to them according to the counsel of the children, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions.

And it will be in the fifth year to king Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.

And the king will answer them hard; and king Rehoboam will forsake the counsel of the old men.

And Shishak king of Egypt will come up against Jerusalem, and will take the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king; he took the whole: and he will take the shields of gold that Solomon made.

Wise under

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

And the Lord praised the steward of injustice, because he did wisely: for the sons of this life are wiser than the children of light in their generation.

Every good donation and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom not one change, or shadow of turning.

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

General references

A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her bringing him forth.

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.

And a foreigner dwelt in Ashdod, and I cut off the pride of the rovers