24 ^rThere is nothing better for a person than that he should ^seat and drink and find enjoyment¹ in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

12 I perceived that ^ythere is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to ^zdo good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should ^aeat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—^bthis is God’s gift to man.

14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people ^cfear before him.

22 So I saw that ^lthere is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his ^mlot. ⁿWho can bring him to see what will be after him?

18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to ^meat and drink and find enjoyment¹ in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the ⁿfew days of his life that God has given him, for this is his ^olot. 19 Everyone also to whom God has given ^pwealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—^qthis is the gift of God.

15 And I commend joy, for man has ⁿnothing better under the sun but to ^oeat 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.

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

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

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

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^wvain¹ life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^xportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.