“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”
The exhortation to go and eat bread with joy, drink wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved your deeds, introduces a note of divine approval and permission for simple pleasures. The phrase "God has already approved" suggests that enjoying present goods aligns with divine intention; it is not a second-best but a divinely sanctioned good. This verse represents perhaps the clearest affirmation in Ecclesiastes of simple joys as proper.
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