Ecclesiastes 2:13

2:13 I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly,

just as light is preferable to darkness:

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Man is Ignorant of God’s Timing

3:9 What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

Futility Illustrated from Nature

1:3 What benefit do people get from all the effort

which they expend on earth?

5:9 The produce of the land is seized by all of them,

even the king is served by the fields.

7:12 For wisdom provides protection,

just as money provides protection.

But the advantage of knowledge is this:

Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

10:10 If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge,

he must exert a great deal of effort;

so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

10:11 If the snake should bite before it is charmed,

the snake charmer is in trouble.

2:11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished

and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it,

I concluded: “All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless –

like chasing the wind!

There is nothing gained from them on earth.”

5:16 This is another misfortune:

Just as he came, so will he go.

What did he gain from toiling for the wind?