There is nothing better for a man

47

15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

II Timothy 2

48

11

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

49

12

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

I Thessalonians 4

50

38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

St Luke 6

51

35

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The Acts 20

52

8

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

I Corinthians 3

53

6

But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

54

7

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

55

8

And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:

II Corinthians 9

56

9

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

57

10

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Galatians 6

58

23

And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

59

24

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3

60

40

Let all things be done decently and in order.

I Corinthians 14

61

8

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.

Epheslians 6

62

31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

St Luke 6

63

3

That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

Jeremiah 42

64

40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

St Matthew 25

65

1

{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.

66

2

[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Psalms 127

4

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

St Luke 4

68

24

[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2

69

13

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3

70

22

Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 3

71

15

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.

Ecclesiastes 8

72

31

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

I Corinthians 10