Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 - NLT - And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God ... (2024)

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Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 - NLT - And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God ...? ›

And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God. God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.

19) emphasizes what has already been said. Every man to whom God has given wealth and riches has also been empowered. The man must make the choice about what to do with these riches and treasures. God has empowered him to eat from them (riches) and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor. Life has fulfillment.

Those who love money will never be satisfied with the money they have. Those who love wealth will not be satisfied when they get more and more. This is also senseless.

Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 New International Version (NIV)

Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:14 In-Context

13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners, 14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Abraham. The foundational story of Abraham combines wealth with righteousness and puts both under the sign of God's blessing, for example, “Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold” (Gen. 13:2) and “Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6).

As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

You cannot serve both God and money." Matthew 6:24. The original Greek of this verse says that we cannot serve God and mammon (an Aramaic word meaning money or possessions). Jesus personifies mammon here, revealing its demonic power to hold us in slavery. Money is supposed to be a tool we use for good.

Any wealth, power, or strength we have originated with God. Any gift or talent we have – the same is true (James 1:17; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11). Even our ability to give generously comes from God (Deuteronomy 8:18; 2 Corinthians 9:10-11). Everything we have, and everything else that exists, is all his.

Philippians 4:19: And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Proverbs 10:22: The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. 2 Corinthians 9:8: And God will generously provide all you need.

What Scripture is the power to get wealth? ›

18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

God's blessing of wealth is usually obtained by great wisdom and responsibility and through discipline, hard work, saving, investing, and seeking God's will. Occasional, Biblical wealth is obtained suddenly by a great blessing such as an inheritance, oil and gas discovery or great invention.

Proverbs 10:22 tells us that “The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it”.

God's intentions for wealth and prosperity

God desires that His children use their wealth and prosperity to bring about positive change in the world. He calls us to be good stewards of the resources He has entrusted to us, using them to bless others and advance His kingdom on Earth.

"Dear God, I pray for abundance and financial prosperity in my life. Please bless me with the resources and opportunities to achieve my financial goals and provide for myself and my loved ones."

The Bible issues several warnings against the love of money and the snare of wealth (1 Timothy 3:3; 6:10), but in Proverbs 30:8–9, Agur, the gather of wise sayings, asks that he would have neither poverty nor wealth.

God Will Take Care of You and Your Finances

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need (Matthew 6:31-33). Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable.

19 Sometimes God gives a man wealth and possessions. He makes it possible for him to enjoy them. He helps him accept the life he has given him. He helps him to be happy in his work. All of those things are gifts from God.

Ecclesiastes 5:20 adds a new, remarkable concept for the person finding joy in everyday living: “For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.” This recalls the poem of the times of life at the beginning of the section in chapter 3.

Proverbs 23:5 says, “Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.” A good job or business and its steady earnings can be here today and gone tomorrow. Be rich in good deeds.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread and your wages for what does not satisfy? ›

Isaiah 55 1

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.

Genesis 3:19 New Living Translation (NLT)

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

When Scripture declares that for everything there is a season, this means that the various circ*mstances we go through in life are not by incident, but orchestrated or allowed by God with great purpose and intentionality.

Hungry, thirsty people work hard, urgently, to gain food. To hunger and thirst for righteousness, then, means we should urgently pursue righteousness. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness” is then the pivotal beatitude (Matt. 5:6).