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 the LORD said unto Noah, Enter thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

Wisdom

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah and wrought that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

Blessed is the man that has found wisdom and who brings to light intelligence,

Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

Until now ye have asked nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be fulfilled.

for the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

But of him ye are reborn in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you in abundance in all wisdom, teaching you and exhorting you one to another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with grace singing in your hearts unto the Lord.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.

To the sinner

Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,

A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

General references

Tet A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men that they may be occupied in it.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;

So that, sustenance and covering, let us be content with this.