Ecclesiastes 2:10

Good News Translation

Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

Genesis 6:2

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

Job 31:1

I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.

Psalm 119:37

Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.

Psalm 128:2

Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I realized then that the best thing we can do is enjoy what we have worked for. There is nothing else we can do. There is no way for us to know what will happen after we die.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

We get to live our lives in darkness and grief, worried, angry, and sick.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our fate.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God will give us wealth, honor, and property, yes, everything we want, but then will not let us enjoy it. Some stranger will enjoy it instead. It is useless, and it just isn't right.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I am convinced that we should enjoy ourselves, because the only pleasure we have in this life is eating and drinking and enjoying ourselves. We can at least do this as we labor during the life that God has given us in this world.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their loves, their hates, their passions, all died with them. They will never again take part in anything that happens in this world.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the one you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all you will get for all your trouble.

1 John 2:16

Everything that belongs to the world—what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of—none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.

Judges 14:2

He went back home and told his father and mother, “There is a Philistine woman down at Timnah who caught my attention. Get her for me; I want to marry her.”