Ecclesiastes 5:18 Themes and Topics

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life. It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

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. God has also given riches and wealth to every man, and He has allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God, for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile. Verse Concepts

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
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If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me?

If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

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Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

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There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy

his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

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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. Verse Concepts

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. Verse Concepts

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works. Verse Concepts

But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.

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Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift. Verse Concepts

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Verse Concepts

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. God has also given riches and wealth to every man, and He has allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God, for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift- not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are His creation-created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. Verse Concepts

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts. Verse Concepts

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money! Verse Concepts

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. He is a prototype of the Coming One. But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift overflowed to the many by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ. And the gift is not like the one man's sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. read more.
Since by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun. Verse Concepts

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles. Verse Concepts

You have enlarged the nation
and increased its joy.

The people have rejoiced before You
as they rejoice at harvest time
and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.
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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. Verse Concepts

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts. Verse Concepts

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?