Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Cross References (21)

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24 (8)

    Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God

  • Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 (6)

    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the

  • Ecclesiastes 8:7 (5)

    Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

  • Ecclesiastes 6:12 (5)

    For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who

  • Ecclesiastes 10:14 (5)

    Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

  • Philippians 4:4–5 (4)

    Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (4)

    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of you

  • Ecclesiastes 2:10–11 (3)

    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my wor

  • Deuteronomy 12:18 (2)

    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your son

  • Job 14:21 (2)

    If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18–20 (2)

    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does un

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12 (2)

    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an

  • Deuteronomy 28:47 (2)

    Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

  • Matthew 6:34 (2)

    Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

  • Deuteronomy 26:10–11 (2)

    And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the

  • Daniel 12:9–10 (2)

    “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15 (2)

    So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 (2)

    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (2)

    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LO

  • Daniel 12:13 (2)

    But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of t

  • Romans 12:11–12 (1)

    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.