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Eccl.5.18

Ecclesiastes 5:18

KJV

¶ 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.

The Futility of Wealth

The Folly of Riches

Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:16
KJV
That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

Concluding Exhortations

Deuteronomy 12:7
KJV
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

One Place for Worship

Deuteronomy 12:18
KJV
But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

One Place for Worship

Deuteronomy 26:11
KJV
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

Offering Firstfruits and Tithes

Psalm 42:8
KJV
Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

As the Deer Pants for the Water

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
KJV
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 2:10
KJV
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 2:24
KJV
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

The Futility of Work

Ecclesiastes 8:15
KJV
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

God’s Ways Are Mysterious