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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12

10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my work,
and this was the reward for all my labor.

11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.

12 Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
and also madness and folly.
What more can the king’s successor do
than what has already been done?

Cross References for Ecclesiastes 2:10-12

Psalms 128:2 - You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Click to read the verse Psalms 128:2 Click to read the verse Psalms 128:2

Genesis 3:6 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and al... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:6

Genesis 6:2 - the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they... Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 6:2

1 John 2:16 - For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting o... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:16

Job 31:1 - “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. Click to read the verse Job 31:1 Click to read the verse Job 31:1

Ecclesiastes 11:9 - Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your y... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 11:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 11:9

Judges 14:2 - When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; ... Click to read the verse Judges 14:2 Click to read the verse Judges 14:2

Ecclesiastes 9:9 - Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has gi... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:9

Psalms 119:37 - Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Click to read the verse Psalms 119:37 Click to read the verse Psalms 119:37

Ecclesiastes 5:18 - Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18

1 Kings 9:19 - as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses—whatever he d... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:19 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:19

1 Kings 9:1 - The Lord Appears to Solomon When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the r... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:1 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:1

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing af... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:9

Proverbs 23:5 - Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off t... Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:5 Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:5

Ecclesiastes 2:22 - What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:22 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:22

Ecclesiastes 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:22 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:22