18Behold 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.
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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.
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?
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. …
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-20)Solomon, from the vanity of riches hoarded up, here infers that the best course we can take is to use well what we have, to serve God with it, to do good with it, and take the comfort of it to ourselves and our families; this he had pressed before, Eccl. 2:24 ; 3:22 . Observe, 1. What it is that is here recommended to us, not to indulge the appetites of the flesh, or to take up with present pleasu…
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