20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: …
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. …
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. …
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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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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