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Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:10 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 3:22 (6 votes) and Ecclesiastes 5:18 (6 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:10 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

  2. Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

  3. Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

  4. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

  5. For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

  6. For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

  7. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

  8. When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

  9. the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

  10. So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

  11. Job 31:11 vote

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:10?

The 10 strongest of 21.