Ecc 2:26, 7:18, 8:12-14 | ESV | STEP | For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy , but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting , only to give to one who pleases God . This also is vanity and a striving after wind .

a Job 32:8

b[See ver. 7 above]

c[Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 13:22]

dSee ch. 1:14

e[ver. 17]

f[ver. 16]

g ch. 11:6

h ch. 7:15; Isa. 65:20

i[Deut. 12:25; Isa. 3:10]

j[Ps. 37:11, 18, 19; Prov. 1:33; Matt. 25:34]

k Isa. 3:11

l ch. 6:12; See Job 14:2

m ch. 7:15; [Ps. 73:3]; See ch. 2:14

n[Job 21:7; Ps. 17:9, 10; 73:12; Jer. 12:1]

Ecclesiastes 2:26

26 For to the one who pleases him ^aGod has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given ^bthe business of gathering and collecting, ^conly to give to one who pleases God. ^dThis also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

18 It is good that you should take hold of ^ethis, and from ^fthat ^gwithhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Ecclesiastes 8:12-14

12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and ^hprolongs his life, yet I know that ⁱit will be well with ^jthose who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will ^knot be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like ^la shadow, because he does not fear before God.

Man Cannot Know God’s Ways

14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people ^mto whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people ⁿto whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.