Ecclesiastes 3:22

New English Translation

So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

Cross References

Job 14:21

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – during the few days of his fleeting life – for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.

Daniel 12:13

But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”

Matthew 6:34

So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.

Deuteronomy 12:7

Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

“Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,