37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide 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 that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you perform under the sun.

Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for this is his lot.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come after him.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor; 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, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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

For who can eat, or who else can have enjoyment, more than I?

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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

Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;

For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, which you go over Jordan to possess.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

And whatsoever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my reward of all my labor.

The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.

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

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.