Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁴ There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy^[a][b] his work.^(A) I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,^{(B) 25} because who can eat and who can enjoy life^[c] apart from Him?^{[d] 26} For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,^(C) but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.^(D) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.^(E)