Ecclesiastes 3:12

No One Understands God's Mysterious Plan

¹¹ He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; ¹³ moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Do Good

Enjoy the Good

Good Works

Take Pleasure In

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Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

Deuteronomy 28:63

It shall come about that as the Lord delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the Lord will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Isaiah 64:5

You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in them a long time;
And shall we be saved?

Luke 11:41

But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.

Acts 20:35

In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Philippians 4:4-9

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

1 Thessalonians 5:15-16

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

1 Timothy 6:18

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,