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Ecc 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Live joyfully		Heb. See, or Enjoy life
with the wife		Pro 5:18,19; Pro 18:22; Pro 19:14; Mal 2:15
all the days of the life		Ecc 6:12; Psa 39:5; Psa 144:4
for		Ecc 2:10,24; Ecc 3:13,22; Ecc 5:18

Correlating Passages

with the wife

	Pro 5:18	Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
	Pro 5:19	[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
	Pro 18:22	[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
	Pro 19:14	House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
	Mal 2:15	And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

all the days of the life

	Ecc 6:12	For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
	Psa 39:5	Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
	Psa 144:4	Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

for

	Ecc 2:10	And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
	Ecc 2:24	[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.
	Ecc 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.
	Ecc 3:22	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?
	Ecc 5:18	Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 9:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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