Verse 15

Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:24 : 24 Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.
  • Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth. 13 For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go thou thy way then, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a glad heart, for thy workes please god: 8 Let thy garmentes be alwayes white, and let thy head lacke no oyntment. 9 Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth. 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy: