Enjoying Life

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion.

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life, — read the full passage →

And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? — read the full passage →

In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it <FI>is<Fi> thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun. — read the full passage →

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day <FI>is<Fi> holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it <FI>is<Fi> thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' -- — read the full passage →

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A healed heart <FI>is<Fi> life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones <FI>is<Fi> envy.

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. — read the full passage →

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it <FI>is<Fi> his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God. — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you <FI>with<Fi> singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion. — read the full passage →

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who <FI>are<Fi> in the world--to the end he loved them.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile; — read the full passage →

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people-- — read the full passage →

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. — read the full passage →

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment;

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'