Cross references
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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.
Ecclesiastes 8:15 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 2:24 (7 votes) and Ecclesiastes 5:18 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Genesis 25 to 1 Timothy 6.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 8:15 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 2:247 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 5:186 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.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–135 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 3:224 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 9:7–94 votes
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head. …
- 1 Timothy 4:3–43 votes
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- 1 Timothy 6:173 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.
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 8:15?
The 10 strongest of 11.