Bible Cross References
to whom
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 3:13
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
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.
Deuteronomy 8:18
Remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors.
1 Kings 3:13
I will also give you what you have not asked for: all your life you will have wealth and honor, more than that of any other king.
this is
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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.
25
How else could you have anything to eat or enjoy yourself at all?
26
God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.