Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Addressed to the "righteous wise," spoken of in Ecclesiastes 9:1. Being "in the hand of God," who now accepteth "thy works" in His service, as He has previously accepted thy person (Genesis 4:4), thou mayest "eat . . . with a cheerful (not sensually 'merry') heart" (Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Acts 2:46).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 9:7:
Ecclesiastes 8:14
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Matthew 23:26
Luke 11:41
Acts 2:47
Acts 20:11
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