Ecclesiastes 5:19
Hebrew Text— Ecclesiastes 5:19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
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Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.
I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.
from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’ ”
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”
Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant possessions.
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”
Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today.”
Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!
therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you had, and none after you will have.”
For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’
Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.
I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.