Work for God

4:9 Two people are better than one,
because they can reap 36 more benefit 37 from their labor.





Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor
5:18 I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: 92
to eat and drink, 93 and find enjoyment in all their 94 hard work 95 on earth 96
during the few days of their life which God has given them,
for this is their reward. 97
5:19 To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions,
he has also given him the ability 98
to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil;
these things 99 are the gift of God.
5:20 For he does not think 100 much about the fleeting 101 days of his life
because God keeps him preoccupied 102 with the joy he derives from his activity. 103



6:2 God gives a man riches, property, and wealth
so that he lacks nothing that his heart 109 desires, 110
yet God does not enable 111 him to enjoy 112 the fruit of his labor 113 –
instead, someone else 114 enjoys 115 it! 116



6:9 It is better to be content with 136 what the eyes can see 137
than for one’s heart always to crave more. 138
This continual longing 139 is futile – like 140 chasing the wind.

6:10 Whatever has happened was foreordained, 141
and what happens to a person 142 was also foreknown.
It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate
because God is more powerful than he is. 143
6:11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. 144
How does that benefit him? 145
6:12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life 146 –
during the few days of his fleeting life –
for 147 they pass away 148 like a shadow.
Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth. 149