Ecclesiastes 3:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

And I have discovered nothing to be better than for a man to rejoice in his work: for this is his portion. And who shall add to him, so that he may know the things that will occur after him?

Cross References

Job 14:21

Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

The fool multiplies his words. A man does not know what has been before him, and who is able to reveal to him what will be in the future after him?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,

Ecclesiastes 2:24

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

Consider the works of God, that no one is able to correct whomever he has despised.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Likewise, love and hatred and envy have all perished together, nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.

Daniel 12:13

But you, go, until the predetermined time, and you will rest and will stand in your allotted place at the end of days.

Matthew 6:34

Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil."

Deuteronomy 12:18

But you shall eat these before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord your God will choose: you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man servant and woman servant, and the Levite who dwells in your cities. And you shall rejoice and be refreshed in the sight of the Lord your God by all the things to which you will extend your hand.

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat it there, in the sight of the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand: you and your household, which the Lord your God has blessed for you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.