Ecclesiastes 3:22

New Century Version

So I saw that the best thing people can do is to enjoy their work, because that is all they have. No one can help another person see what will happen in the future.

Cross References

Job 14:21

Their children are honored, but they do not know it; their children are disgraced, but they do not see it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated all the things I had worked for here on earth, because I must leave them to someone who will live after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best that people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy their work. I saw that even this comes from God,

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I decided it was more important to enjoy life. The best that people can do here on earth is to eat, drink, and enjoy life, because these joys will help them do the hard work God gives them here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

They do not know what the future holds, and no one can tell them what will happen.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows what will happen next. Like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a trap, people are trapped by evil when it suddenly falls on them.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

After people are dead, they can no longer love or hate or envy. They will never again share in what happens here on earth.

Daniel 12:13

“As for you, Daniel, go your way until the end. You will get your rest, and at the end you will rise to receive your reward.”

Matthew 6:34

So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Eat these things when you are together with the Lord your God, in the place the Lord your God chooses to be worshiped. Everyone must do this: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns. Rejoice in the Lord your God’s presence about the things you have worked for.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

You had plenty of everything, but you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a pure heart,