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Ecc 5:18 — Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

it is good and comely		Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc. Ecc 2:24; Ecc 3:12,13,22; Ecc 8:15; Ecc 9:7; Ecc 11:9; 1Ti 6:17
the days		Heb. the number of the days
it is his		Ecc 2:10; Ecc 3:22; Jer 52:34

Correlating Passages

it is good and comely

	Ecc 2:24	[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
	Ecc 3:12	I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
	Ecc 3:13	And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
	Ecc 3:22	Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
	Ecc 8:15	Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
	Ecc 9:7	Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
	Ecc 11:9	Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
	1Ti 6:17	Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

it is his

	Ecc 2:10	And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
	Ecc 3:22	Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
	Jer 52:34	And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 5:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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