Ecclesiastes 5:18

\5:19\Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

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In The King James Version

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

In Context

17\5:18\This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

19\5:20\He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 9:7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

Jeremiah 52:34And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day till the day of his death, for the rest of his life.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.… Read the whole commentary →

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