Ecclesiastes 3:22

God's Word

I saw that there’s nothing better for people to do than to enjoy their work because that is their lot ⌞in life⌟. Who will allow them to see what will happen after them?

Cross References

Job 14:21

His sons are honored, and he doesn’t know it. Or they become unimportant, and he doesn’t realize it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

He never stops talking. No one knows what the future will bring, or what will happen after ⌞death⌟. Who can say!

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You young people should enjoy yourselves while you’re young. You should let your hearts make you happy when you’re young. Follow wherever your heart leads you and whatever your eyes see. But realize that God will make you give an account for all these things when he judges everyone.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I came to hate everything for which I had worked so hard under the sun, because I will have to leave it to the person who replaces me.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people to do than to eat, drink, and find satisfaction in their work. I saw that even this comes from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what may be good for mortals while they are alive, during the brief, pointless days they live? Mortals pass by like a shadow. Who will tell them about their future under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend the enjoyment ⌞of life⌟. People have nothing better to do under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy themselves. This joy will stay with them while they work hard during their brief lives which God has given them under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

They don’t know what the future will bring. So who can tell them how things will turn out?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when his time will come. Like fish that are caught in a cruel net or birds caught in a snare, humans are trapped by a disaster when it suddenly strikes them.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hate, and their passions have already vanished. They will never again take part in anything that happens under the sun.

Daniel 12:13

But go on until the end. You will rest, and you will rise for your inheritance at the end of time.”

Matthew 6:34

“So don’t ever worry about tomorrow. After all, tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Instead, you, your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of the Lord your God enjoy everything you’ve worked for.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families will eat and enjoy everything you’ve worked for, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

You didn’t serve the Lord your God with a joyful and happy heart when you had so much.