Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:21
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 2:17–18 (6 votes) and 2 Chronicles 31:20–21 (1 vote). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 1 to Luke 12.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:21 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17–186 votes
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind. I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20–211 vote
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 33:2–91 vote
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. …
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 vote
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- 2 Chronicles 35:181 vote
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5–101 vote
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. …
- Ecclesiastes 9:181 vote
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Jeremiah 22:151 vote
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
- Jeremiah 22:171 vote
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:21?
The 10 strongest of 18.