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.
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
For what can the man do who succeeds the king?—
Only what he has already bdone.
But the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I myself perceived
That bthe same event happens to them all.
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”
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Articles, Bible studies, and sermons that contain Ecclesiastes 2:12:
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What can the person who follows Solomon do that Solomon has not only done, but it was done better than they can ever hope to do, because the man was so endowed with gifts by God. His conclusion:
It does have goodness to it. It is not without its value. It is far better than foolishness, but it is not the ultimate source of reliance. You cannot put your trust in being worldly-wise. In verse 14, perhaps the book reaches its low point right here:
Sermons
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-One)
Spiritual Strongholds (Part Three): God's Intervention
Vanity (Part 1)
Sin (Part 2)
The Foolishness of Bias
Ecclesiastes: What is it All About? (Part Two)
Ecclesiastes: What Is It All About? (Part Three)
Resuming Ecclesiastes (Part Three)
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