Cross references
Ecclesiastes 5:18
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 2:24 (15 votes) and Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 (13 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 48 to 1 Timothy 6.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:18 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 2:2415 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 3:12–1313 votes
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:2213 votes
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 9:710 votes
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Ecclesiastes 2:108 votes
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 8:158 votes
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- 1 Timothy 6:178 votes
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Ecclesiastes 11:96 votes
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Jeremiah 52:342 votes
And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:18?
The 10 strongest of 18.