7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. …
And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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.
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. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-10)Solomon, in a fret, had praised the dead more than the living (Eccl. 4:2); but here, considering the advantages of life to prepare for death and make sure the hope of a better life, he seems to be of another mind. I. He shows the advantages which the living have above those that are dead, Eccl. 9:4-6. 1. While there is life there is hope. Dum spiro, spero—While I breathe, I hope . It is the privil…
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