Ecclesiastes 2:25

“For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?”

"For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?" - Ecclesiastes 2:25
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What does Ecclesiastes 2:25 mean?

Ecclesiastes 2:25 in the King James Version reads, "For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?" The verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Ecclesiastes, which is traditionally attributed to King Solomon, the son of David and a ruler of the…

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Finding Fulfillment Beyond the Feast

**Finding Fulfillment Beyond the Feast** Ecclesiastes 2:25 states, “For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?” This poignant question posed by the Preacher, traditionally understood as Solomon, speaks volumes about the complexities of life, satisfaction, and…

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A Prayer for Understanding the Gift of Enjoyment: Ecclesiastes 2:25

Heavenly Father, We come before You with hearts full of gratitude and awe, recognizing Your majesty and the divine wisdom found in Your Word. Today, we seek to dwell deeply upon the profound truth of Ecclesiastes 2:25, "For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than…

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Ecclesiastes 2:25 - "For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?"
Ecclesiastes 2:5 - "I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:"
"I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:" - Ecclesiastes 2:5
Ecclesiastes 7:25 - "I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:"
Ecclesiastes 2:2 - "I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?"
ecclesiastes 12:2-6
Ecclesiastes 1:2 - "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 2:13 - "Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness."
Ecclesiastes 8:2 - "I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God."
Ecclesiastes 3:2 - "A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - "A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left."
"I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?" - Ecclesiastes 2:2
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - "I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:"
"While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:" - Ecclesiastes 12:2
Ecclesiastes 12:2 - "While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:"
Ecclesiastes 2:4 - "I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:"
Ecclesiastes 4:2 - "Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive."
Ecclesiastes 11:2 - "Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth."
Ecclesiastes 2:22 - "For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?"
Ecclesiastes 2:20 - "Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - "I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 7:2 - "¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."
Ecclesiastes 2:23 - "For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity."
Ecclesiastes 2:14 - "The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all."
Ecclesiastes 2:17 - "Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 2:9 - "So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me."
"I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:" - Ecclesiastes 7:25
"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2
Ecclesiastes 2:15 - "Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity."