Ecclesiastes 5:9
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
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- 1 Kings 4:7–9 Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
- Psalm 115:16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- Genesis 1:29–30 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth — everything that has the breath of life in it — I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.