37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

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?

For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.

In the day of prosperity be happy,
But in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

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

moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?

For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?”

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head.

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.

This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.