Ecclesiastes 3:12
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12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
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13 moreover, it is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 This is what I have seen to be good: it is fitting to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of the life God gives us, for this is our lot.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat and drink and enjoy themselves, for this will go with them in their toil through the days of life that God gives them under the sun.(A)
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