Ecclesiastes 2:24
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
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24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C)
Ecclesiastes 3:12
Christian Standard Bible
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the[a] good life.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12
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12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
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13 That each of them may eat and drink,(A) and find satisfaction(B) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(C)
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Christian Standard Bible
18 Here is what I have seen to be good:(A) 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.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,(A) for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
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