Ecclesiastes 2:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

In his sight

Genesis 7:1

Luke 1:6

Wisdom

To the sinner

Job 27:16

Proverbs 13:22

Proverbs 28:8

General references

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

In his sight

And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;

Wisdom

And Hezekiah did thus, throughout all Judah, - and he did that which was good and right and faithful, before Yahweh his God.

How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:

Until even now, ye have asked nothing in my name: Be asking, and ye shall receive, - that, your joy, may be made full.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit;

But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God, - both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

But, the fruit of the Spirit, is - love, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, - in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

But, the wisdom from above, is - first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

To the sinner

Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,

A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children's children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.

He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.

General references

Better the little of the righteous man, than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;

Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;

And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;