ach. 3:12, 13, 22; 5:18; 8:15; [1 Tim. 6:17]
b[ch. 9:7; Luke 12:19; 1 Cor. 15:32]
d[ch. 3:13; 5:19]
e[ver. 22]
fPs. 34:14; 37:3
gSee ch. 2:24
h[ch. 2:24; 5:19]
iSee ch. 2:24
jSee ch. 2:10
kch. 2:19; 6:12; 8:7; 10:14
lSee ch. 2:24
m1 Kgs. 4:20
nSee ch. 2:24
o[ch. 2:10; 9:7]
p[Num. 15:39; Job 31:7]
qch. 6:9
rSee ch. 12:14
s2 Tim. 4:10; Titus 2:12
tRom. 11:20; 12:3, 16
uSee Mark 10:24
vProv. 23:5; [Matt. 13:22]
wSee Acts 14:17

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 8:15

15And I commend joy, for man lhas nothing better under the sun but to meat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

7Go, neat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

9 oRejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. pWalk in the ways of your heart and qthe sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things rGod will bring you into judgment.

1 Timothy 6:17

17As for the rich in sthis present age, charge them tnot to be haughty, nor uto set their hopes on vthe uncertainty of riches, but on God, wwho richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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