Ecclesiastes 3:22

God's Mysterious Plan Allows Injustice To Exist In The World

²¹ Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth? ²² So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

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Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

Ecclesiastes 3:11-12

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

Deuteronomy 12:7

Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:18

Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.

Deuteronomy 26:10-11

So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground's produce that you, Lord, have given me." Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him.

Deuteronomy 28:47

"Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

Job 14:21

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Daniel 12:9-10

He said, "Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 12:13

But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted."

Matthew 6:34

So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Romans 12:11-12

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Philippians 4:4-5

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!