Ecclesiastes Bible Verses | Meaning, Themes & Scriptures

ECCLESIASTES 2:19

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. ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:20

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:21

For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil. ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:23

For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:24

# [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God. ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:25

For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I? ...

ECCLESIASTES 2:26

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. ...