Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 13:22 (43 votes) and Job 27:16–17 (41 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 7 to 2 Peter 3.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:26 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 13:2243 votes
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Job 27:16–1741 votes
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
- Proverbs 28:829 votes
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Isaiah 3:10–1121 votes
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- John 16:2421 votes
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20–2118 votes
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.
- Proverbs 3:13–1818 votes
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. …
- Colossians 3:16–1718 votes
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Colossians 1:9–1216 votes
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, …
- Job 32:815 votes
But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- Luke 1:615 votes
- Genesis 7:114 votes
- James 3:1714 votes
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- Romans 14:17–1813 votes
- 1 Corinthians 1:30–3113 votes
- Galatians 5:22–2312 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:148 votes
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:26?
The 10 strongest of 37.