Bible Cross References
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
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Here is what I have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our fate.
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If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God.
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Since God has allowed us to be happy, we will not worry too much about how short life is.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
God will give us wealth, honor, and property, yes, everything we want, but then will not let us enjoy it. Some stranger will enjoy it instead. It is useless, and it just isn't right.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go ahead---eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God.
Deuteronomy 28:30
"You will be engaged to a young woman---but someone else will marry her. You will build a house---but never live in it. You will plant a vineyard---but never eat its grapes.
Deuteronomy 28:31
Your cattle will be butchered before your very eyes, but you will not eat any of the meat. Your donkeys will be dragged away while you look on, and they will not be given back to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and there will be no one to help you.
Deuteronomy 28:47
The LORD blessed you in every way, but you would not serve him with glad and joyful hearts.
Deuteronomy 28:48
So then, you will serve the enemies that the LORD is going to send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, and naked---in need of everything. The LORD will oppress you harshly until you are destroyed.
Judges 6:3-6
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Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.
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They would camp on the land and destroy the crops as far south as the area around Gaza. They would take all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys, and leave nothing for the Israelites to live on.
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They would come with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. They and their camels were too many to count. They came and devastated the land,
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and Israel was helpless against them.
Psalm 128:2
Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.
Isaiah 65:21-23
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People will build houses and get to live in them---they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine---it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.
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The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.