So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. Cross References Psalm 42:8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life. Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!" But it proved to be futile. Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly--my mind still guiding me with wisdom--until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, Ecclesiastes 3:13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor--this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him--for this is his lot. Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: Treasury of Scripture 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 of his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun. then Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:12,13,22 Ecclesiastes 5:18 |