Ecclesiastes 3:22

New International Reader's Version

So a person should enjoy their work. That’s what God made them for. I saw that there’s nothing better for them to do than that. After all, who can show them what will happen after they are gone?

Cross References

Job 14:21

If their children are honored, they don’t even know it. If their children are dishonored, they don’t even see it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You young people, be happy while you are still young. Let your heart be joyful while you are still strong. Do what your heart tells you to do. Go after what your eyes look at. But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I’ll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, here’s something to think about. God has made bad times. He has also made good times. So no one can find out anything about what’s ahead for them.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

No one knows what lies ahead. So who can tell someone else what’s going to happen?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, hate and jealousy disappear. They will never share again in anything that happens on earth.

Daniel 12:13

“Daniel, go on your way until the end. Your body will rest in the grave. Then at the end of the days you will rise from the dead. And you will receive what God has appointed for you.”

Matthew 6:34

So don’t worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Instead, you must eat all those things in the sight of the Lord your God. Do it at the place he will choose. You, your children, your male and female servants and the Levites from your towns can eat them. Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat at the place the Lord your God will choose. He will be with you there. You will find joy in everything you have done. That’s because he has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.