Verse 12

So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Put thou thy trust in ye LORDE, & be doinge good: so shalt thou dwell in the londe, & verely it shal fede the.
  • Deut 28:63 : 63 And as ye LORDE reioysed ouer you afore, to do you good, and to multiplye you, eue so shall he reioyse ouer you, to destroye you, and to brynge you to naughte, and ye shalbe waysted from of the londe, whither thou goest now to possesse it.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go thou yi waye then, eate thy bred with ioye, & drynke yi wyne wt gladnesse, for thy workes please God. 8 Let thy garmetes be all waye whyte, & let yi heade want no oyntmet. 9 Vse thy self to lyue ioyfully wt thy wife whom thou louest, all ye daies of thy life (which is but vayne) yt God hath geue the vnder the Sonne, all ye dayes of thy vanite: for yt is thy porcion in this life, of all thy labor & trauayle yt thou takest vnder the Sonne.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse, and them that thynke vpon thy wayes. But lo, thou art angrie, for we offende, and haue bene euer in synne, and there is not one whole.
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, all is cleane vnto you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so labouringe ye oughte to receaue the weake, and to remembre the worde of the LORDE, how that he sayde: It is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
  • Phil 4:4-9 : 4 Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye, & agayne I saye, Reioyse. 5 Let youre softnes be knowne vnto all men. The LORDE is euen at honde. 6 Be not carefull, but in all thinges let yor peticions in prayer and supplicacion, with geuynge of thankes be knowne before God. 7 And ye peace of God, which passeth all vnderstodinge, kepe youre hertes and myndes in Christ Iesu. 8 Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, what soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte: yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be eny laudable thinge, 9 haue those same in yor mynde, which ye haue both lerned and receaued, and herde and sene in me: those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.
  • 1 Thess 5:15-16 : 15 Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men. 16 Reioyse alwaye,
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll: