Cross references
Ecclesiastes 3:13
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 2:24 (8 votes) and Ecclesiastes 9:7 (8 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 28 to 1 Timothy 6.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:13 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 2:248 votes
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:78 votes
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Isaiah 65:21–238 votes
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. …
- Psalm 128:27 votes
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18–204 votes
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot. Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God. …
- Deuteronomy 28:30–311 vote
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:47–48-1 votes
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Judges 6:3–6-1 votes
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys. …
- Ecclesiastes 6:2-1 votes
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:13?
The 10 strongest of 17.