Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
It is good and comely
It is his
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Bible References
It is good and comely
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Is it not better then for a man to eat and drink, and his soul to be merry in his labour? Yea I saw that this also was a gift of God:
Ecclesiastes 3:12
So I perceived, that in these things there is nothing better for a man, then to be merry and to do well so long as he liveth.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thou thy way then, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness, for thy works please God.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Be glad then, O thou young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart be merry in thy young days; follow the ways of thine own heart, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall bring thee into judgment for all these things.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,
It is his
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And look whatsoever mine eyes desired, I let them have it: and wherein soever my heart delighted, or had any pleasure, I withheld it not from it. Thus my heart rejoiced in all that I did, and this I took for the portion of all my travail.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive, that there is nothing better for a man, than to be joyful in his labour, for that is his portion. But who will bring him to see the thing that shall come after him?
Jeremiah 52:34
And he had a continual living given him of the king of Babylon; every day a certain thing allowed him all the days of his life, until he died.
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
For all that a man eateth and drinketh, yea whatsoever a man enjoyeth of all his labor, the same is a gift of God.