Ecclesiastes 5:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:19 —

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Deuteronomy 8:18
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Ecclesiastes 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.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
2 Chronicles 1:12
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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. …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Avarice Beneficence Blessing Capital and Labor Care Carnal Mindedness

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 pleasure…

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

(vv. 19)

19. As Ec 5:18 refers to the “laboring” man (Ec 5:12), so Ec 5:19 to the “rich” man, who gets wealth not by “oppression” (Ec 5:8), but by “God’s gift.” He is distinguished also from the “rich” man (Ec 6:2) in having received by God’s gift not only “wealth,” but also “power to eat thereof,” which that one has not. to take his portion--limits him to the lawful use of wealth, not keeping back from Go…