Ecclesiastes 5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
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- Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
- Isa 65:21-24 : 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree [are] the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Rom 5:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Deut 28:8-9 : 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
- Deut 28:47 : 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];
- Ps 4:6-7 : 6 ¶ [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.
- Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
- Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- Rom 5:5-9 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 ¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Eccl 5:17-193 verses79%
17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18 ¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
19 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 labour; this [is] the gift of God.
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15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
- Eccl 11:7-104 verses77%
7 ¶ Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
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22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Eccl 3:10-134 verses76%
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 ¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
- Eccl 2:21-266 verses75%
21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight 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 is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
- Eccl 9:9-102 verses74%
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
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5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
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20 ¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
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15 ¶ All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
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10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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1 ¶ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- Eccl 6:5-73 verses71%
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 ¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
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21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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17 ¶ Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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23 ¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
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5 ¶ Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
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12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Job 20:4-52 verses71%
4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
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18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
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20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
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20 ¶ He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
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13 ¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
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27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.