ach. 3:12, 13, 22; 5:18; 8:15; [1 Tim. 6:17]
b[ch. 9:7; Luke 12:19; 1 Cor. 15:32]
d[ch. 3:13; 5:19]
e[ver. 22]
fPs. 34:14; 37:3
gSee ch. 2:24
h[ch. 2:24; 5:19]
iSee ch. 2:24
kSee ch. 2:10

Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 aThere is nothing better for a person than that he should beat and drink and find enjoyment ▼
▼Or  and make his soul see good
 in his toil. This also, I saw, is dfrom the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

12I perceived that there is enothing better for them than to be joyful and to fdo good as long as they live; 13also gthat everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is hGod’s gift to man.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

18Behold, what I have seen to be igood and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment ▼
▼Or  and see good
 in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his klot.
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