Ecclesiastes 3:13

No One Understands God's Mysterious Plan

¹² I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life. ¹³ It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts. ¹⁴ I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

Enjoy Good

Enjoy the Good

From God

Gift of God

Find Enjoyment

Take Pleasure In

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Deuteronomy 28:30-31

You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,

Judges 6:3-6

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

Psalm 128:2

You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

Isaiah 65:21-23

People will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.