Ecclesiastes 5:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

Yet truly, to Adam, he said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.

1 Kings 17:12

And she responded: "As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die."

2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down through the lattices of his upper room, which he had in Samaria, and he was injured. And he sent messengers, saying to them, "Go, consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, as to whether I may be able to survive this infirmity of mine."

2 Kings 1:6

But they responded to him: "A man met us, and he said to us: 'Go, and return to the king who sent you. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that you are sending to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.' "

2 Kings 5:27

So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever." And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.

Job 21:25

In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources.

Psalm 102:9

He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.

Psalm 127:2

For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Psalm 39:6

You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?

Ecclesiastes 2:24

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

Consider the works of God, that no one is able to correct whomever he has despised.

Acts 12:23

And immediately, an Angel of the Lord struck him down, because he had not given honor to God. And having been consumed by worms, he expired.