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?


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Galatians 6 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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 35 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalms 64 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
2 Corinthians 2 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Romans 7 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Isaiah 53 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
2 Samuel 15 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
John 8 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
1 Corinthians 1 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Psalms 69 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Psalms 92 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Acts 2 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Philippians 1 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Psalms 68 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Ephesians 1 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Psalms 111 2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
1 Corinthians 3 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Jeremiah 9 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Hebrews 12 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Job 19 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
2 Corinthians 11 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
Romans 7 18 For I know that in me that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Hebrews 12 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Proverbs 24 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
2 Corinthians 5 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Isaiah 64 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 104 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
Isaiah 49 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
John 17 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Acts 17 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
John 4 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Ecclesiastes 2 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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.
Acts 1 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Proverbs 23 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Ecclesiastes 6 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Revelation 22 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Ecclesiastes 2 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
1 Peter 4 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Psalms 90 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
Isaiah 58 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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.
Psalms 119 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Psalms 35 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
2 Chronicles 9 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Psalms 34 2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Ecclesiastes 4 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
2 Timothy 3 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Ecclesiastes 2 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.