Ecclesiastes 3:12 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹² I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live;

Common English Bible

¹² I know that there’s nothing better for them but to enjoy themselves and do what’s good while they live.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

English Standard Version 2016

¹² I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

Ecclesiastes 3:12 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 37:3

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

Isaiah 64:5

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?

Luke 11:41

But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Deuteronomy 12:18

but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

Deuteronomy 12:7

and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

Deuteronomy 26:11

and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 28:63

And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

1 Timothy 6:18

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;