Ecclesiastes 2:12-23 - The Living Must Abandon The Work Of Their Hands To Others At Death
12 And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it? 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them. 15 Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool! 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me. 19 And who knows whether he shall be wise or a fool? Yet he shall have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 And I turned to cause my heart to despair over all the labor which I did under the sun. 21 When there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet to a man who has not labored in it, he shall leave it for his share. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.