Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Cross References (7)

  • 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 5:18 (6)

    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 3:12–13 (5)

    I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 (4)

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

  • 1 Timothy 6:17 (3)

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealt

  • 1 Timothy 4:3–4 (3)

    They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiv

  • Ecclesiastes 3:22 (3)

    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 hi