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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

3:12

I know
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that [there is] no good
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in them, but for [a man] to rejoice
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and to do
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good
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in his life
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3:13

And also that every man
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should eat
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and drink
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and enjoy
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the good
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of all his labour
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it [is] the gift
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of God
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

5:18

Behold [that] which I have seen
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[it is] good
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and comely
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[for one] to eat
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and to drink
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and to enjoy
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the good
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of all his labour
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that he taketh
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under the sun
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all
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the days
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of his life
<02416>_,

which God
<0430>

giveth
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him: for it [is] his portion
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{It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

5:19

Every man
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also to whom God
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hath given
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riches
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and wealth
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and hath given him power
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to eat
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thereof, and to take
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his portion
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and to rejoice
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in his labour
<05999>_;

this
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[is] the gift
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of God
<0430>_.

5:20

For he shall not much
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remember
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the days
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of his life
<02416>_;

because God
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answereth
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[him] in the joy
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of his heart
<03820>_.

{For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}

Ecclesiastes 8:15

8:15

Then I commended
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mirth
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because a man
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hath no better thing
<02896>

under the sun
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than to eat
<0398> (8800)_,

and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,

and to be merry
<08055> (8800)_:

for that shall abide
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with him of his labour
<05999>

the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_,

which God
<0430>

giveth
<05414> (8804)

him under the sun
<08121>_.