Verse 21

For there is{H3426} a man{H120} whose labour{H5999} is in wisdom{H2451}, and in knowledge{H1847}, and in equity{H3788}; yet to a man{H120} that hath not laboured{H5998}{(H8804)} therein shall he leave{H5414}{(H8799)} it for his portion{H2506}. This also is vanity{H1892} and a great{H7227} evil{H7451}.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} life{H2416}; because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121} is grievous{H7451} unto me: for all is vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}. 18 Yea, I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} all my labour{H5999} which I had taken{H6001} under the sun{H8121}: because I should leave{H3240}{(H8686)} 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}{(H8802)} destroyeth{H6}{(H8762)} much{H7235}{(H8687)} good{H2896}.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shalt thou reign{H4427}{(H8799)}, because thou closest{H8474}{(H8808)} thyself in cedar{H730}? did not thy father{H1} eat{H398}{(H8804)} and drink{H8354}{(H8804)}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} judgment{H4941} and justice{H6666}, and then it was well{H2896} with him?
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thine heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness{H1215}, and for to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}, and for oppression{H6233}, and for violence{H4835}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did{H6213}{(H8799)} Hezekiah{H3169} throughout all Judah{H3063}, and wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was good{H2896} and right{H3477} and truth{H571} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}. 21 And in every work{H4639} that he began{H2490}{(H8689)} in the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and in the law{H8451}, and in the commandments{H4687}, to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} his God{H430}, he did{H6213}{(H8804)} it with all his heart{H3824}, and prospered{H6743}{(H8689)}.
  • 2 Chr 33:2-9 : 2 But did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, like unto the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}. 3 For he built{H1129}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down{H5422}{(H8765)}, and he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} altars{H4196} for Baalim{H1168}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} groves{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them. 4 Also he built{H1129}{(H8804)} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, whereof the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)}, In Jerusalem{H3389} shall my name{H8034} be for ever{H5769}. 5 And he built{H1129}{(H8799)} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 6 And he caused{H5674} his children{H1121} to pass through{H5674}{(H8689)} the fire{H784} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}: also he observed times{H6049}{(H8782)}, and used enchantments{H5172}{(H8765)}, and used witchcraft{H3784}{(H8765)}, and dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} with a familiar spirit{H178}, and with wizards{H3049}: he wrought{H6213}{(H8800)} much{H7235}{(H8689)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, to provoke him to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}. 7 And he set{H7760}{(H8799)} a carved image{H6459}, the idol{H5566} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, in the house{H1004} of God{H430}, of which God{H430} had said{H559}{(H8804)} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son{H1121}, In this house{H1004}, and in Jerusalem{H3389}, which I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} before all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, will I put{H7760}{(H8799)} my name{H8034} for ever{H5865}: 8 Neither will I any more{H3254}{(H8686)} remove{H5493}{(H8687)} the foot{H7272} of Israel{H3478} from out{H5921} of the land{H127} which I have appointed{H5975}{(H8689)} for your fathers{H1}; so that{H518} they will take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all that I have commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} them, according to the whole law{H8451} and the statutes{H2706} and the ordinances{H4941} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}. 9 So Manasseh{H4519} made{H8582} Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} to err{H8582}{(H8686)}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} worse{H7451} than the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had destroyed{H8045}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the ways{H1870} of David{H1732} his father{H1}, and declined{H5493}{(H8804)} neither to the right hand{H3225}, nor to the left{H8040}.
  • 2 Chr 35:18 : 18 And there was no passover{H6453} like{H3644} to that kept{H6213}{(H8738)} in Israel{H3478} from the days{H3117} of Samuel{H8050} the prophet{H5030}; neither did{H6213}{(H8804)} all the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} keep{H6213}{(H8804)} such a passover{H6453} as Josiah{H2977} kept{H6213}{(H8804)}, and the priests{H3548}, and the Levites{H3881}, and all Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} 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}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} eleven{H259}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}. 6 Against him came up{H5927}{(H8804)} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and bound{H631}{(H8799)} him in fetters{H5178}, to carry{H3212}{(H8687)} him to Babylon{H894}. 7 Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} also carried{H935}{(H8689)} of the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} to Babylon{H894}, and put{H5414}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8804)}, and that which was found{H4672}{(H8737)} in him, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}: and Jehoiachin{H3078} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead. 9 Jehoiachin{H3078} was eight{H8083} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} three{H7969} months{H2320} and ten{H6235} days{H3117} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}. 10 And when the year{H8141} was expired{H8666}, king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} sent{H7971}{(H8804)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to Babylon{H894}, with the goodly{H2532} vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and made Zedekiah{H6667} his brother{H251} king{H4427}{(H8686)} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}.