Bible: Eccl 2:24-26; 3:12, 13, 22; 5:18-20; 7:7-9

Enjoy Work and its Benefits

2:24 There is nothing better for 1  people 2  than 3  to eat and drink,

and to find enjoyment 4  in their 5  work.

I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment 6  comes from God. 7 

2:25 For no one 8  can eat and drink 9 

or experience joy 10  apart from him. 11 

2:26 For to the one who pleases him, 12  God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,

but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing 13  wealth 14  –

only to give 15  it 16  to the one who pleases God.

This 17  task of the wicked 18  is futile – like chasing the wind!
3:12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave 1  me some fruit 2  from the tree and I ate it.” 3:13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this 3  you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent 4  tricked 5  me, and I ate.”

3:22 And the Lord God said, “Now 6  that the man has become like one of us, 7  knowing 8  good and evil, he must not be allowed 9  to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

5:18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 5:19 Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. 5:20 The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

7:7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because 1  of the floodwaters. 7:8 Pairs 2  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 7:9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, 3  just as God had commanded him. 4 
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