Ecclesiastes 5:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:2 : 2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
  • Eccl 3:13 : 13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
  • Deut 8:18 : 18 But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
  • 1 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.
  • Eccl 2:24-26 : 24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God. 25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him? 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:16-18
    3 verses
    87%

    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

    17This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Eccl 3:9-13
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    86%

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

    13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

    26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

    2A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

  • Eccl 8:15
    77%

    15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    77%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 2:10
    75%

    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

  • Eccl 5:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

    12There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

    13And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    14As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

    22What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    73%

    17Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

  • Eccl 9:7
    73%

    7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

  • Eccl 5:9
    73%

    9He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

  • Matt 25:29
    72%

    29For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Eccl 6:7
    72%

    7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Eccl 7:14
    71%

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Deut 16:17
    71%

    17Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

  • Prov 10:22
    71%

    22The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

    10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

  • Eccl 10:19
    71%

    19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

  • Job 20:29
    71%

    29This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Job 20:18
    70%

    18He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

    18But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

  • Luke 12:19
    70%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

  • Eccl 1:3
    70%

    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Luke 19:26
    70%

    26And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Job 31:25
    69%

    25If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

  • Ps 17:14
    69%

    14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

  • Num 5:10
    69%

    10And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Ps 104:28
    69%

    28They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.

  • Job 34:9
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    9For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.