Ecclesiastes 2:11

9 ^aSo I became great and¹ excelled ^bmore than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And ^athis was my reward from all my labor.

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was ^avanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

The End of the Wise and the Fool

12 Then I turned myself to consider wisdom ^aand madness and folly;
For what can the man do who succeeds the king?—
Only what he has already ^bdone.

13 Then I saw that wisdom ^aexcels folly
As light excels darkness.

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Topical Studies for Ecclesiastes 2:11:

Labor {Forerunner Commentary}
Labor {Nave's Topical Bible}

No {Nave's Topical Bible}

On {Nave's Topical Bible}

Sun {Forerunner Commentary}
Sun {Nave's Topical Bible}

Vanity {Forerunner Commentary}
Vanity {Nave's Topical Bible}
Vanity {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Works {Forerunner Commentary}
Works {Nave's Topical Bible}

Grasping {Forerunner Commentary}

Profit {Forerunner Commentary}

Other topical entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:11:

Amusements and worldly pleasures {Nave's Topical Bible}
Vanity {Nave's Topical Bible}
Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Vanity {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

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