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.


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Ecclesiastes 5 18 Behold 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.
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.
Proverbs 12 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
1 Kings 13 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
Proverbs 18 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 18 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ecclesiastes 8 15 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.
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?
John 6 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Psalms 128 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
1 Corinthians 11 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
2 Chronicles 15 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Hebrews 13 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Matthew 11 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Matthew 6 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Titus 3 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
Exodus 23 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Ecclesiastes 5 19 Every 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.
Job 40 1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Corinthians 9 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Deuteronomy 28 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
John 4 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Job 34 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Psalms 16 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Mark 11 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
Proverbs 16 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Psalms 34 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Romans 6 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 3 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
Psalms 22 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Deuteronomy 16 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Psalms 63 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Matthew 5 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
1 Corinthians 10 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Proverbs 13 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Psalms 90 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Isaiah 55 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Proverbs 25 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Psalms 104 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Hebrews 5 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
1 Corinthians 11 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Acts 2 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
John 8 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Ezekiel 12 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Proverbs 16 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
James 2 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
1 Peter 5 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Numbers 18 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Proverbs 21 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
1 Corinthians 11 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.