The one chapter that steps 'above the sun': into the house of God. 'Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God… let thy words be few: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth.' When thou vowest a vow, defer not to pay it. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; as he came forth naked shall he go again: what profit hath he that laboreth for the wind? The gift restated and deepened: to eat, to drink, to enjoy good in all one's labor 'is the gift of God: for he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Solomon — Ecclesiastes overview

A. 1–7 Keep Thy Foot: Let Thy Words Be Few Before God
B. 8–17 He That Loveth Silver Shall Not Be Satisfied With Silver
C. 18–20 To Eat, to Drink, to Enjoy the Labor — This Is the Gift of God

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Ecclesiastes 34 verses
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Read Ecclesiastes 3 →
James 12 verses
- James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- James 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Read James 1 →
Proverbs 152 verses
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Read Proverbs 15 →
Matthew 62 verses
- Matthew 6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Read Matthew 6 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

Deuteronomy 232 verses
- Deuteronomy 23:21When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
- Deuteronomy 23:22But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
- Read Deuteronomy 23 →
1 Timothy 62 verses
- 1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Ecclesiastes 62 verses
- Ecclesiastes 6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
- Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
- Read Ecclesiastes 6 →
Ecclesiastes 22 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.