Ecclesiastes 5:18

New Century Version

I have seen what is best for people here on earth. They should eat and drink and enjoy their work, because the life God has given them on earth is short.

Cross References

Psalm 42:8

The Lord shows his true love every day. At night I have a song, and I pray to my living God.

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 2:10

Anything I saw and wanted, I got for myself; I did not miss any pleasure I desired. I was pleased with everything I did, and this pleasure was the reward for all my hard work.

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 3:22

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives great wealth, riches, and honor to some people; they have everything they want. But God does not let them enjoy such things; a stranger enjoys them instead. This is useless and very wrong.

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 9:7

So go eat your food and enjoy it; drink your wine and be happy, because that is what God wants you to do.

Jeremiah 52:34

Every day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin an allowance. This lasted as long as he lived, until the day Jehoiachin died.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these and anyone else who works and serves with them.

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 26:11

Then you and the Levites and foreigners among you should rejoice, because the Lord your God has given good things to you and your family.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich with things of this world not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not in their uncertain riches. God richly gives us everything to enjoy.