Ecclesiastes 5:18

Easy To Read Version

I have seen that this is the best a person can do: A person should eat, drink, and enjoy the work he does during his short life on earth. God has given him these few days, and that is all he has.

Cross References

Psalm 42:8

Every day the Lord shows his true love\par and every night, I have a song for him,\par a prayer for my Living God.\par

Ecclesiastes 11:9

So young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young. Be happy! Do whatever your heart leads you to do. Do whatever you want. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything my eyes saw and wanted, I got for myself. My mind was pleased with all the things I did. And this happiness was the reward for all my hard work.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

So I decided to fill my body with wine while I filled my mind with wisdom. I tried this foolishness because I wanted to find a way to be happy. I wanted to see what was good for people to do during their few days of life.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that the best thing a person can do is to enjoy what he does. That is all he has. \{Also a person should not worry about the future.\} Why? Because no one can help that person see what will happen in the future.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a person great wealth, riches, and honor. That person has everything he needs and everything he could ever want. But then God does not let that person enjoy those things. Some stranger comes and takes everything. This is a very bad and senseless thing.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I decided it was more important to enjoy life. Why? Because the best thing people can do in this life {\cf2\super [34]} is to eat, drink, and enjoy life. At least that will help people enjoy the hard work God gave them to do during their life on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go and eat your food now and enjoy it. Drink your wine and be happy. It is all right with God if you do these things.

Jeremiah 52:34

Every day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin an allowance. This continued until Jehoiachin died.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these, and any other person that works and serves with them.

Deuteronomy 12:18

You must eat those offerings only at the place where the Lord your God will be together with you—the special place that the Lord your God will choose. You must go there and eat together with your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites [79] living in your towns. Enjoy yourselves there with the Lord your God. Enjoy the things you have worked for.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat together at that place, and the Lord your God will be there with you. At that place, you will enjoy sharing the things you worked for. You will remember that the Lord your God blessed you and gave you those good things.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Then you must {have a meal together and} enjoy all the good things that the Lord your God has given to you and your family. You must share those things with the Levites [160] and the foreigners living among you.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.