The Bible Verse Ecclesiastes 5: 19
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Ecclesiastes 5: 19
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Loading ...Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
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This text says the same as Jesus in Mt 10:10, even if we should give a lot to the poor as Christians (1 Tim 6:17-18), we have a right to eat and drink. Paul says that if we have food and clothes, we should be content with that (1 Tim 6:8). If God give us wealth we should give it to the poor and not put our trust in gold, like Job did (Job 31:16-20, 24-25) but we have a right to eat our portion as well. Even if we should be generous, we shouldn’t starve ourselves.