Ecclesiastes 3:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

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 6:2

God gives a person riches, wealth, and honour  so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself,  but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

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 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 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.