Ecclesiastes 5:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts.

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You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:

You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed.

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,