Ecclesiastes 3:12 Cross References: I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

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I know that there is nothing better for men than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:18
Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,

Deuteronomy 26:11
So you shall rejoice--you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you--in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.

Ecclesiastes 2:3
My mind, all the while guiding me with wisdom, sought to cheer my body with wine and embrace folly, until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:24
Nothing is better for man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Chapter Outline

1. by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail
11. is an excellence in God's works
16. as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast

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Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: . . .

Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and to multiply you, so also it will please Him to exterminate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Psalm 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Isaiah 64:5
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:15, 16
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. . . .

1 Timothy 6:18
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

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