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
General references
Bible References
It is good and comely
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Ecclesiastes 8:15
And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
1 Timothy 6:17
Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
It is his
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,
Ecclesiastes 3:22
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
Jeremiah 52:34
And his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death -- all days of his life.
General references
Ecclesiastes 3:13
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.