To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Cross References Job 27:16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, Job 27:17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent. Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. Job 38:36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? Psalm 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. Psalm 51:6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is passed to the righteous. Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them! Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. Ecclesiastes 2:25 For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment? Ecclesiastes 3:10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them. Treasury of Scripture For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. in his sight Genesis 7:1 Luke 1:6 wisdom 2 Chronicles 31:20,21 Proverbs 3:13-18 Isaiah 3:10,11 to the sinner Job 27:16,17 Proverbs 13:22 Proverbs 28:8 |