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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Ecclesiastes 2:24
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24 There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,(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 3:12-13
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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; 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 9:7-9
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7 Go, eat your bread with enjoyment and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has long ago approved what you do.(A) 8 Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.(B) 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that are given you under the sun,[a] because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.(C)
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- 9.9 Cn: Heb sun, all the days of your vanity
1 Timothy 6:17
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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)
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1 Timothy 4:3-4
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3 They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.(A) 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving,(B)
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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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