Ecclesiastes 8:15
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 8 | |
| 1 | True wisdom is modest. |
| 2 | Kings are to be respected. |
| 6 | Divine providence is to be observed. |
| 12 | It is better with the godly in adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity. |
| 16 | The work of God is unsearchable. |
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Ecclesiastes 8:15 (King James Version)
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
- Then I
- Some consider this as the cavil of an infidel objector, equivalent to the Epicurean maxim, {Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas,} "Eat, drink, and play; there is no pleasure after death." But it may be regarded as a recommendation of a moderate use of worldly things, with a cheerful and contented mind; which may justly be considered as the greatest advantage which can be made of all below the sun: and amidst all changes, such a frame of mind, if the result of right principles, may and ought to be preserved; and it will be the recompence and solace of all our labours and toils.
- 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:12 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Ecclesiastes 3:22 5:18 9:7-9 1 Timothy 4:3 1 Timothy 4:4 ; 6:17