Ecclesiastes 2:18-24

¹⁸I hated all my accomplishments for which I had worked under the sun because I must leave them behind to the man who comes after me.

¹⁹For who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over everything under the sun that my work and wisdom have built. This also is vapor.

²⁰Therefore my heart began to despair over all the work under the sun that I did.

²¹For there might be someone who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill, but he will leave everything he has to a man who has not made any of it. This also is vapor and a great tragedy.

²²For what profit does the person gain who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun?

²³Every day his work is painful and stressful, so at night his soul does not find rest. This also is vapor.

²⁴There is nothing better for anyone than to simply eat and drink and be satisfied with what is good in his work. I saw that this truth comes from God's hand.