Verse 21

For there is{H3426} a man{H120} whose labor{H5999} is with wisdom,{H2451} and with knowledge,{H1847} and with skilfulness;{H3788} yet to a man{H120} that hath not labored{H5998} therein shall he leave{H5414} it for his portion.{H2506} This also is vanity{H1892} and a great{H7227} evil.{H7451}

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:17-18 : 17 So I hated{H8130} life,{H2416} because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213} under the sun{H8121} was grievous{H7451} unto me; for all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307} 18 And I hated{H8130} all my labor{H5999} wherein I labored{H5999} under the sun,{H8121} seeing that I must leave{H3240} it unto the man{H120} that shall be after{H310} me.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than weapons{H3627} of war;{H7128} but one{H259} sinner{H2398} destroyeth{H6} much{H7235} good.{H2896}
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did{H6213} Hezekiah{H3169} throughout all Judah;{H3063} and he wrought{H6213} that which was good{H2896} and right{H3477} and faithful{H571} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} his God.{H430} 21 And in every work{H4639} that he began{H2490} in the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and in the law,{H8451} and in the commandments,{H4687} to seek{H1875} his God,{H430} he did{H6213} it with all his heart,{H3824} and prospered.{H6743}
  • 2 Chr 33:2-9 : 2 And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} after the abominations{H8441} of the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 3 For he built{H1129} again{H7725} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down;{H5422} and he reared up{H6965} altars{H4196} for the Baalim,{H1168} and made{H6213} Asheroth,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} them. 4 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} whereof Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} In Jerusalem{H3389} shall my name{H8034} be for ever.{H5769} 5 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} 6 He also made{H5674} his children{H1121} to pass through{H5674} the fire{H784} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom;{H2011} and he practised augury,{H6049} and used enchantments,{H5172} and practised sorcery,{H3784} and dealt{H6213} with them that had familiar spirits,{H178} and with wizards:{H3049} he wrought{H6213} much{H7235} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 7 And he set{H7760} the graven image{H6459} of the idol,{H5566} which he had made,{H6213} in the house{H1004} of God,{H430} of which God{H430} said{H559} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son,{H1121} In this house,{H1004} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} which I have chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} will I put{H7760} my name{H8034} for ever:{H5865} 8 neither will I any more{H3254} remove{H5493} the foot{H7272} of Israel{H3478} from off the land{H127} which I have appointed{H5975} for your fathers,{H1} if{H518} only they will observe{H8104} to do{H6213} all that{H518} I have commanded{H6680} them, even all the law{H8451} and the statutes{H2706} and the ordinances{H4941} [given] by{H3027} Moses.{H4872} 9 And Manasseh{H4519} seduced{H8582} Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} so that they did{H6213} evil{H8582} more{H7451} than did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} destroyed{H8045} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and walked{H3212} in the ways{H1870} of David{H1732} his father,{H1} and turned not aside{H5493} to the right hand{H3225} or to the left.{H8040}
  • 2 Chr 35:18 : 18 And there was no passover{H6453} like{H3644} to that kept{H6213} in Israel{H3478} from the days{H3117} of Samuel{H8050} the prophet;{H5030} neither did{H6213} any of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} keep{H6213} such a passover{H6453} as Josiah{H2977} kept,{H6213} and the priests,{H3548} and the Levites,{H3881} and all Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} that were present,{H4672} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem.{H3389}
  • 2 Chr 36:5-9 : 5 Jehoiakim{H3079} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eleven{H259} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} his God.{H430} 6 Against him came up{H5927} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and bound{H631} him in fetters,{H5178} to carry{H3212} him to Babylon.{H894} 7 Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} also carried{H935} of the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} to Babylon,{H894} and put{H5414} them in his temple{H1964} at Babylon.{H894} 8 Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehoiakim,{H3079} and his abominations{H8441} which he did,{H6213} and that which was found{H4672} in him, behold, they are written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah:{H3063} and Jehoiachin{H3078} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead. 9 Jehoiachin{H3078} was eight{H8083} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} three{H7969} months{H2320} and ten{H6235} days{H3117} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068} 10 And at the return{H8666} of the year{H8141} king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} sent,{H7971} and brought{H935} him to Babylon,{H894} with the goodly{H2532} vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and made Zedekiah{H6667} his brother{H251} king{H4427} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389}