Ecclesiastes 5:18

The Scriptures 1998

See what I have seen: It is good and pleasant for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.

Cross References

Psalm 42:8

By day יהוה  commands His kindness, And by night His song is with me; A prayer to the Ě

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart gladden you in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these Elohim brings you into right-ruling.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

And all that my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labour. And this was my portion from all my labour.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A man could do no better but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself in his labour! That too, I saw, was from the hand of Elohim.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I searched in my heart how to stimulate my body with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that man could do no better but to rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who would bring him to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 6:2

A man to whom Elohim has given riches and wealth and esteem, so that his being lacks none at all of what he desires, but Elohim does not permit him to eat of it, and a foreigner consumes it. This is futile, and it is an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart; for Elohim has already approved your works.

Jeremiah 52:34

And as for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the sovereign of Baḇ

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you also be subject to such, and to everyone who works and labours with us.

Deuteronomy 12:18

“But eat them before יהוה  your Elohim, in the place which יהוה  your Elohim chooses, you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female servant, and the Lĕ

Deuteronomy 12:7

“And there you shall eat before יהוה  your Elohim, and shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which יהוה  your Elohim has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 26:11

and shall rejoice in all the good which יהוה  your Elohim has given to you and your house, you and the Lĕ

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,