Ecclesiastes 5:19 Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:19
19: And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life--that is indeed a gift from God.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
- God gives great wealth and honor to some people and gives them everything they could ever want, but then he doesn't give them the health to enjoy it. They die, and others get it all! This is meaningless--a sickening tragedy.
Deuteronomy 8:18
- Always remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill the covenant he made with your ancestors.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
- And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
2 Chronicles 1:12
- I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. And I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor such as no other king has ever had before you or will ever have again!"
1 Kings 3:13
- And I will also give you what you did not ask for--riches and honor! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life!
Ecclesiastes 2:24
- So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that this pleasure is from the hand of God.
- For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him?
- God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.