Ecclesiastes 2:11
The Scripture
(11) Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Ecclesiastes 2 records the Preacher testing pleasure, wealth, and great achievements, only to find it all vanity and vexation of spirit. He weighs wisdom against folly, noting both the wise and the fool share the same fate and are eventually forgotten. The chapter concludes that enjoying one's labor is a gift from God, who gives wisdom and joy to the good but burdens the sinner with fruitless toil.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 1:14Genesis 1:31Exodus 39:43I John 2:16I John 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:18Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 2:20Ecclesiastes 2:21Ecclesiastes 2:22Ecclesiastes 2:23
Related verses (shared words)
Ecclesiastes 9:9Ecclesiastes 1:14Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 2:22Ecclesiastes 1:3