Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Bible References

Thou shalt eat

Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Deuteronomy 28:4
Your descendants will be blessed,
and your land’s produce,
and the offspring of your livestock,
including the young of your herds
and the newborn of your flocks.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
Isaiah 62:8
The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

And it shall

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Ephesians 6:3
so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

General references

Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
Isaiah 19:15
No head or tail, palm or reed,
will be able to do anything for Egypt.
Ephesians 6:3
so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

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