Ecclesiastes 7:14

New International Version

¹⁴When times are good, be happy;
    but when times are bad, consider this:
God has made the one
    as well as the other.^(A)
Therefore, no one can discover
    anything about their future.

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Ecclesiastes 7:14 in all English translations

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

New International Version

⁷Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine^(A) with a joyful heart,^(B) for God has already approved what you do. ⁸Always be clothed in white,^(C) and always anoint your head with oil. ⁹Enjoy life with your wife,^(D) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot^(E) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

New International Version

⁸However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember^(A) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

⁹You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.^(B)