40 Bible Verses about Being Happy And Enjoying Life

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

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

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

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you perform under the sun.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for this is his lot.

Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come after him.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and 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 into judgment.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

For who can eat, or who else can have enjoyment, more than I?

For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and be no more.

I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have prepared?

You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Yea, you shall see your children's children, and peace upon Israel.

And whatsoever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my reward of all my labor.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;

If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn birth is better than he.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.