Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
- Job 27:16–17 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Proverbs 28:8 He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.