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Ecclesiastes 9:9

9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Cross References for Ecclesiastes 9:9

Malachi 2:15 - Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God s... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:15 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:15

Proverbs 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. Click to read the verse Proverbs 18:22 Click to read the verse Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 19:14 - Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:14 Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:14

Ecclesiastes 7:15 - In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his ri... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:15 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:15

Genesis 26:8 - When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from a win... Click to read the verse Genesis 26:8 Click to read the verse Genesis 26:8

Proverbs 5:18-19 - May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18-19 Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18-19

Malachi 2:14 - You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. Y... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:14 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:14

Psalms 39:5 - You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each m... Click to read the verse Psalms 39:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 39:5

Ecclesiastes 5:18 - Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18

Deuteronomy 24:5 - If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. F... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 24:5 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 24:5

Proverbs 5:18 - May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18 Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18

Ecclesiastes 2:24 - A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, ... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:24 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:24

Isaiah 54:6 - The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who... Click to read the verse Isaiah 54:6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 54:6

Ecclesiastes 2:10 - I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight ... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:10 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:10

1 Chronicles 14:3 - In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters. Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 14:3 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 14:3

Psalms 144:4 - Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. Click to read the verse Psalms 144:4 Click to read the verse Psalms 144:4

Ecclesiastes 6:12 - For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes thr... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:12 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 6:12

Ecclesiastes 3:13 - That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:13 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:13

Ecclesiastes 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:22 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:22

Ecclesiastes 2:18 - I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:18 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 2:18

1 Corinthians 15:19 - If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 15:19 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 15:19

Colossians 3:19 - Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Click to read the verse Colossians 3:19 Click to read the verse Colossians 3:19