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Ecclesiastes 5:18

Ecclesiastes 5:18 (WEB)

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

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  • “For when he says in another book, which is called Ecclesiastes, “There is no good for a man, except that he should eat and drink,” what can he be more credibly understood to say, than what belongs to the participation of this table which the Mediator of the New Testament Himself, the…” — editor's note: Eccles. ii. 24; iii. 13; v. 18; viii. 15.

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