Ecclesiastes 3:13

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

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Should eat — Use what God hath given him.

¹³ And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

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Ecclesiastes 3:13