Ecclesiastes 2:18

Is There Real Happiness In Life?

¹⁷ So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind. ¹⁸ So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity (futility, self-conceit).

Come After Me

On Earth

Toiled Under the Sun

Under the Sun

Taken Under The Sun

Psalm 39:6

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

1 Kings 11:11-13

Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

Psalm 17:14

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.

Ecclesiastes 2:4-9

I made great works: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself;

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who pleases God. This too is vanity and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better off than either of them is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold, here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God gives him—for this is his [allotted] reward.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of vanity and futility. For this is your reward in life and in your work in which you have labored under the sun.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’

Luke 16:27-28

So the rich man said, ‘Then, father [Abraham], I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house—

Acts 20:29-30

I know that after I am gone, [false teachers like] ferocious wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the [remarkable] grace of God which was given to me [to prepare me for my task], like a skillful master builder I laid a foundation, and now another is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it,