Ecclesiastes 3:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the  good life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities  because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?  ,

1 Timothy 6:18

Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works,  to be generous and willing to share,

Acts 20:35

In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by labouring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”  ’

Luke 11:41

But give from what is within to the poor,   , and then everything is clean   for you.

Isaiah 64:5

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so he will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be ripped out of the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You will eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do,  because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:18

You are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God chooses #– #you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your city gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you do,

Deuteronomy 26:11

You, the Levites, and the resident foreigners among you will rejoice  in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your household.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I explored with my mind the pull of wine  on my body #– #my mind still guiding me with wisdom #– #and how to grasp folly,  until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven  during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy  , his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.