Ecclesiastes 2:24
24 aThere is nothing better for a person than that he should beat and drink and find enjoyment ▼▼Or and make his soul see good
in his toil. This also, I saw, is dfrom the hand of God, Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
12I perceived that there is enothing better for them than to be joyful and to fdo good as long as they live; 13also gthat everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is hGod’s gift to man.Ecclesiastes 3:22
22So I saw that there is inothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for jthat is his lot. Who can bring him to see kwhat will be after him?Ecclesiastes 5:18
18Behold, what I have seen to be lgood and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment ▼▼Or and see good
in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his nlot. Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Enjoy Life with the One You Love
7Go, oeat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.8 pLet your garments be always white. Let not qoil be lacking on your head.
9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your rvain ▼
▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your tportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. 1 Timothy 4:3-4
3 uwho forbid marriage and vrequire abstinence from foods wthat God created xto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4For yeverything created by God is good, and znothing is to be rejected if it is aareceived with thanksgiving,1 Timothy 6:17
17As for the rich in abthis present age, charge them acnot to be haughty, nor adto set their hopes on aethe uncertainty of riches, but on God, afwho richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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