37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.

God has also given riches and wealth to every man, and He has allowed him to enjoy them, take his reward, and rejoice in his labor. This is a gift of God,

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad 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 of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Who is the man who delights in life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

because who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him?

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’

Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Indeed, if a man lives many years,
let him rejoice in them all,
and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many.
All that comes is futile.

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Light is sweet,
and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun.

And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.

When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”

For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

for they will bring you
many days, a full life, and well-being.