Ecclesiastes 5:19

American Standard Version (1901)

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

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  • Eccl 6:2 : 2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
  • Eccl 3:13 : 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
  • Deut 8:18 : 18 But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.
  • 1 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy days.
  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.
  • Eccl 2:24-26 : 24 There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? 26 For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:16-18
    3 verses
    87%

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

  • Eccl 3:9-13
    5 verses
    86%

    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

    13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 5:20
    79%

    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

    2a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Eccl 8:15
    77%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    77%

    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 2:10
    75%

    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

  • Eccl 5:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

    14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    73%

    17Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Eccl 9:7
    73%

    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

  • Eccl 5:9
    73%

    9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.

  • Matt 25:29
    72%

    29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.

  • Eccl 6:7
    72%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Ps 128:2
    72%

    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Eccl 7:14
    71%

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

  • Deut 16:17
    71%

    17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

  • Prov 10:22
    71%

    22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 10:19
    71%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

  • Job 20:29
    71%

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Job 20:18
    70%

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    18But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

  • Luke 12:19
    70%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Eccl 1:3
    70%

    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Luke 19:26
    70%

    26I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

  • Job 31:25
    69%

    25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

  • Ps 17:14
    69%

    14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • Num 5:10
    69%

    10And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Ps 104:28
    69%

    28Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

  • Job 34:9
    69%

    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.