Ecclesiastes 5:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive 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 has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats 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 the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
  • Deut 8:18 : 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
  • 1 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.
  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.
  • Eccl 2:24-26 : 24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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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 has he who has labored for the wind?

    17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

    18Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

  • Eccl 3:9-13
    5 verses
    86%

    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

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

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

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

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 5:20
    79%

    20For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

    2A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Eccl 8:15
    77%

    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    77%

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 2:10
    75%

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

  • Eccl 5:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

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

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    73%

    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Eccl 9:7
    73%

    7Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your 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 to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Eccl 6:7
    72%

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

  • Ps 128:2
    72%

    2For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

  • Eccl 7:14
    71%

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

  • Deut 16:17
    71%

    17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • Prov 10:22
    71%

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

  • Eccl 10:19
    71%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

  • Job 20:29
    71%

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Job 20:18
    70%

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

    18But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

  • Luke 12:19
    70%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Eccl 1:3
    70%

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Luke 19:26
    70%

    26For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Job 31:25
    69%

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

  • Ps 17:14
    69%

    14From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.

  • Num 5:10
    69%

    10And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Ps 104:28
    69%

    28What You give them they gather: You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

  • Job 34:9
    69%

    9For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.