Ecclesiastes 3:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Ecclesiastes 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?
1 Timothy 6:18
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. …
1 Thessalonians 5:15-16
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-15)

We have seen what changes there are in the world, and must not expect to find the world more sure to us than it has been to others. Now here Solomon shows the hand of God in all those changes; it is he that has made every creature to be that to us which it is, and therefore we must have our eye always upon him. I. We must make the best of that which is, and must believe it best for the present, an…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. in them--in God’s works (Ec 3:11), as far as relates to man’s duty. Man cannot fully comprehend them, but he ought joyfully to receive (“rejoice in”) God’s gifts, and “do good” with them to himself and to others. This is never out of season (Ga 6:9, 10). Not sensual joy and self-indulgence (Php 4:4; Jas 4:16, 17).