40 Bible Verses about Being Happy And Enjoying Life
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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,
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
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.
for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
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,
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.
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?
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.
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
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.
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.”’
And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?
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?
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.
You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.
Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.
Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”
They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”
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.
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’
You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.
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 feast is prepared for laughter,
and wine makes life happy,
and money is the answer for everything.
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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”;
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
