Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him--for this is his lot. Cross References 1 Corinthians 16:16to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. Deuteronomy 12:7 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. Deuteronomy 12:18 Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do, Deuteronomy 26:11 So you shall rejoice--you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you--in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Psalm 42:8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day; and at night His song is with me--a prayer to the God of my life. Ecclesiastes 2:3 My mind, all the while guiding me with wisdom, sought to cheer my body with wine and embrace folly, until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. Ecclesiastes 2:10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Nothing is better for man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. Chapter Outline 1. vanities in divine service8. in murmuring against oppression 9. and in riches 18. Joy in riches is the gift of God. Jump to Previous Drink Eat Enjoy Few Fitting Good Labor Labour One's Oneself Pleasure Portion Proper Sun Toils WhereinJump to Next Drink Eat Enjoy Few Fitting Good Labor Labour One's Oneself Pleasure Portion Proper Sun Toils Wherein |
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