Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and delight in his work. This also I saw was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
I see there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works. That is his portion. Who will bring him to see what will happen after him?
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice and to do good works in life.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended enjoyment (pleasure), because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19
This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment (inheritance).
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage was it to me if the dead do not rise? Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die.
Deuteronomy 12:12
Rejoice (be filled with joy) before Jehovah your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 12:18
You and your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of Jehovah your God enjoy everything for which you have worked.
Nehemiah 8:10
He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
God has given man riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires. Yet God has not empowered him to partake of them for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Malachi 2:2
You must honor me by your actions. If you will not listen to what I say, and give glory and honor to my name, I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. I have already put a curse on you. Your blessings are cursed already because you do not take my command seriously.
Luke 12:19-20
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
Acts 14:17
He has not left himself without witness. For he did good and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.