Ecclesiastes 5:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If God gives some people wealth, property, and the power to enjoy those things, they should enjoy them. They should accept the things they have and enjoy their work—that is a gift from God.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember the Lord your God is the one who gives you power to do these things. He does this because he wants to keep the agreement that he made with your ancestors, as he is doing today!

Ecclesiastes 3:13

God wants everyone to eat, drink, and enjoy their work. These are gifts from God.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives some people great wealth, riches, and honor. They have everything they need and everything they could ever want. But then God does not let them enjoy those things. Some stranger comes and takes everything. This is a very bad and senseless thing.

2 Chronicles 1:12

So I will give you wisdom and knowledge, but I will also give you wealth, riches, and honor. No king who lived before you has ever had so much wealth and honor, and no king in the future will have as much wealth and honor.”

1 Kings 3:13

And I will also give you what you did not ask for. You will have riches and honor all your life. There will be no other king in the world as great as you.