Ecclesiastes 3:22

Tree of Life Version

So I perceived that nothing is better than for man to enjoy his works, because that is his portion. For who can bring him back to see what will be in the future?

Cross References

Job 14:21

If his sons achieve honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not perceive it.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I also hated all the fruit of my toil for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their labor. This too, I perceived, is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In a time of prosperity, prosper! But in a time of adversity, consider: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore man cannot discover anything about his future.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend enjoyment, because there is nothing better for humanity under the sun except to eat, drink and enjoy it. So this joy will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Since no one knows what will be, who can tell when it will happen?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Moreover, no man knows his time: like fish caught in a fatal net or birds caught in a snare, so people are trapped in a time of calamity, that falls upon them suddenly.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hatred, and their zeal have already perished; never again will they have a share in anything that is done under the sun.

Daniel 12:13

But you, go your way till the end. You will rest and then at the end of days you will arise to receive your portion.”

Matthew 6:34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Deuteronomy 12:18

Rather you are to eat them before Adonai your God in the place Adonai your God chooses—you, your son and daughter, your slave and maid, and the Levite within your gates—and you will rejoice before Adonai your God in every undertaking of your hand.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you and your households will eat before Adonai your God and rejoice in every undertaking of your hand, as Adonai your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

Instead of serving Adonai your God with joy and goodness of heart, out of the abundance of everything,