Ecclesiastes 8:15

Tree of Life Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 42:8

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls. All Your waves and breakers have swept over me.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said within myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.” Yet behold, this too was meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

I denied myself nothing that my eyes desired; I withheld from my heart no enjoyment. My heart took delight from all my toil— this was my reward for all my labor.

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 2:3

I thought deeply about how to cheer my flesh with wine—letting my heart guide me with wisdom—and how to grasp folly, so that I could see what was worthwhile for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

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?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Additionally, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, and empowers him to eat from it, to receive his share, and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift of God.

1 Timothy 6:17

Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.