Ecclesiastes 2:18

Is There Real Happiness In Life?

¹⁷ Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun, - for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind. ¹⁸ Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me; ¹⁹ and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun, - even this, was vanity.

Come After Me

On Earth

Toiled Under the Sun

Under the Sun

Taken Under The Sun

Psalm 39:6

Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

Psalm 49:10

For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:

1 Kings 11:11-13

Wherefore Yahweh said unto Solomon - Forasmuch as this hath come to pass with thee, and thou hast not heeded my covenant and my statutes, which I charged upon thee, I will, rend, the kingdom away from thee, and will give it unto a servant of thine.

Psalm 17:14

From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,

Ecclesiastes 2:4-9

I enlarged my works, - I built me houses, I planted me vineyards;

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, - who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life, with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity, - for, that, is thy portion in life, and in thy toil wherewith, thou, art toiling under the sun.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Luke 16:27-28

But he said - I request thee then, father, that thou wouldst send him unto my father's house, -

Acts 20:29-30

I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the favour of God which hath been given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation, whereas, another, is building thereon; but, let each one, see, how he buildeth thereon;