37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

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

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart.

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

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

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

Rejoice, 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 that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;

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

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.

Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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

The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.