37 Bible Verses about Enjoying Life

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.

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.

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?

He will not often remember the years of his life. This is because God keeps him occupied with the gladness (pleasure) of his heart.

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).

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.

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

Every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God.

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice and to do good works in life.

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.

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.

Which of you wants a full life? Who would like to live long enough to enjoy good things?

After all, who eats and who drinks better than I?

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'

Let your fountain be blessed. Rejoice with the wife of your youth.

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.

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

Even though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?

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.

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?

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.

It is not an idle talk! Indeed it is your life. By this word you will prolong your days in the land you to possess on the other side of the Jordan.

I have seen all things in the days of my vanity. There is a just man who perished in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolonged his life in his wickedness.

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

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand. But one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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.

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

Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

I will increase your days. I will add more years to your life.

This is the promise he promised us, life eternal.

Now God is the Spirit and where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty (freedom).

My precepts will give you a long, peaceful, and prosperous life.