Ecc 2:26, Act 3:19, 10:31, 2Cor 2:17, 1Ti 2:3, Heb 13:21, 1Pe 3:4 | 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

eSee ch. 2:38

fSee Luke 22:32

g Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 43:25; 44:22; Col. 2:14

hSee ver. 4

i ch. 5:4

j ch. 1:1

k 2 Thess. 2:17; 1 Pet. 5:10

l ch. 10:36; [Phil. 2:13]

nSee Rom. 11:36

o Rom. 2:29; [Rom. 7:22; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16]

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.

Acts 3:19

19 ^eRepent therefore, and ^fturn back, that ^gyour sins may be blotted out,

Acts 10:31

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, ^hyour prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

2 Corinthians 2:17

17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

1 Timothy 2:3

3 This is good, and ⁱit is pleasing in the sight of ^jGod our Savior,

Hebrews 13:21

21 ^kequip you with everything good that you may do his will, ^lworking in us ^{▼▼Some manuscripts you} that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, ⁿto whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 3:4

4 but let your adorning be ^othe hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.