Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
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Cross references
- 1 Kings 4:7–9 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year. These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
- Psalm 115:16 The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
- Genesis 1:29–30 God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.