Ecclesiastes 2:26 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:26

26: God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Proverbs 13:22

  1. Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth passes to the godly.

Job 27:16

  1. "Evil people may have all the money in the world, and they may store away mounds of clothing.
  2. But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide all that money.

John 16:24

  1. You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

Isaiah 3:10

  1. But all will be well for those who are godly. Tell them, "You will receive a wonderful reward!"
  2. But say to the wicked, "Your destruction is sure. You, too, will get what you deserve. Your well-earned punishment is on the way."

Proverbs 28:8

  1. A person who makes money by charging interest will lose it. It will end up in the hands of someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 3:13

  1. Happy is the person who finds wisdom and gains understanding.
  2. For the profit of wisdom is better than silver, and her wages are better than gold.
  3. Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
  4. She offers you life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
  5. She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying.

2 Chronicles 31:20

  1. In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God.
  2. In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow the law and the commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.

Colossians 1:9

  1. So we have continued praying for you ever since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom.
  2. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.
  3. We also pray that you will be strengthened with his glorious power so that you will have all the patience and endurance you need. May you be filled with joy,
  4. always thanking the Father, who has enabled you to share the inheritance that belongs to God's holy people, who live in the light.

Romans 14:17

  1. For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  2. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God. And other people will approve of you, too.

Colossians 3:16

  1. Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
  2. And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Luke 1:6

  1. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God's eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord's commandments and regulations.

1 Corinthians 1:30

  1. God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made Christ to be wisdom itself. He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.
  2. As the Scriptures say, "The person who wishes to boast should boast only of what the Lord has done."

Genesis 7:1

  1. Finally, the day came when the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I consider you alone to be righteous.

Galatians 5:22

  1. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  2. gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

James 3:17

  1. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.

Job 32:8

  1. Surely it is God's Spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

  1. Everything under the sun is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
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