Ecclesiastes 2:18
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.”Ecclesiastes 2:18
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:18 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 2:18 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 2, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 2:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 1:8“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”Psalms 39:6“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”Psalms 49:10“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”Job 14:21“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.”Proverbs 15:16“Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.”Proverbs 27:11“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”Luke 12:20“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”Luke 16:27“Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:”1 Kings 11:11“Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.”1 Kings 14:26“And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.”2 Chronicles 6:10“The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.”Esther 8:1“On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.”Esther 8:2“And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.”Job 20:22“In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.”Job 21:21“For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?”Psalms 17:14“From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.”Proverbs 17:25“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”Proverbs 19:13“A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.”Ecclesiastes 1:3“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”Ecclesiastes 1:13“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.”
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