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

13 also ^ethat everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is ^fGod’s gift to man.

18 Behold, what I have seen to be ^hgood and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment¹ 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 ⁱlot.

15 And I commend joy, for man ^whas nothing better under the sun but to ^xeat 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.

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