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

Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Go--you and all your household--into the ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before me in this generation.

And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Wisdom

And Hezekiah did according to this throughout all Judah. And he did what [is] good and what [is] right and what [is] faithful before Yahweh his God.

Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.

Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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

But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

To the sinner

If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,

He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

General references

[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.

"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"

I have seen the busyness God gives to {humans} to preoccupy them.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.