Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18 · 16 connections
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For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: …
End of linked passage: Luke 16:28Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. …
End of linked passage: 1 Kings 11:13From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 2:9For 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.
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 5:14Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. …
End of linked passage: Acts 20:30According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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