Ecclesiastes 3:22

And I saw that there was no good, 1 But that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, 1 For it is his portion, 1 For who shall bring him to see anything of that which shall be after him?

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In The King James Version

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

In Context

21And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, 1 Whether it goes upward? 1 And the spirit of the beast, 1 Whether it goes downward to the earth? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:18But before the Lord thy God thou shalt eat it, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the stranger that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, on whatsoever thou shalt lay thy hand.

Deuteronomy 28:47because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things.

Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatever mine eyes desired, 1 I withheld not from them, 1 I withheld not my heart 1 From all my mirth: 1 For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; 1 And this was my portion 1 Of all my labor. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:11All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: 1 He has also set the whole world in their heart, 1 That man might not find out 1 The work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end. 1

Ecclesiastes 5:18Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given 1 Wealth and possessions, and has given him 1 Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, 1 And to rejoice in his labor; 1 This is the gift of God. 1

Ecclesiastes 8:7For there is no one that knows what is going to be: 1 For who shall tell him how it shall be? 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →

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