40 Bible Verses about Being Happy And Enjoying Life
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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.
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.
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice and to do good works in life.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. That is your share in this life and in your labor under the sun.
He will not often remember the years of his life. This is because God keeps him occupied with the gladness (pleasure) of his heart.
Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.
For every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has empowered him to eat because of them. He should receive his reward and rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God.
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).
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?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God made one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing that comes after him.
Every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God.
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.
Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
Which of you wants a full life? Who would like to live long enough to enjoy good things?
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
Even though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?
Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?
If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.
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.
You will certainly eat what your own hands have provided. Blessings to you! May things go well for you!
Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.
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.
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people. My chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.
Be filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. (John 15:5) (Galatians 5:22, 23)
Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.
I searched in my mind how to stimulate my flesh with wine. My mind guided my heart with wisdom. I possessed foolishness until I could see what was good for the sons of men. I saw what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. It is pleasant to be at your right hand forever.
Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.
A feast is made for laughter and wine makes merry, but money answers all things.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with rejoicing. Consider goodness. This also is vanity.
Remember your Creator (Hebrew: Bara', plural, Creators denotes majesty) (Ge 1:26) in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near. You will say: I have no pleasure in them.
A man can have a hundred children and live many years. If he does not enjoy prosperity and have a decent burial, a stillborn child is better off then he.
Behold! I WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
