37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man.

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?

for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

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

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good--do not all go to the one place?

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";

For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine--my heart still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.

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

"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.

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

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