Enjoy Life with the One You Love
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Go, e eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
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Let your garments always be white,
And let your head lack no oil.
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Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; f for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
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g Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your h might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my reward from all my labor.
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Cross References
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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Romans 12:11
Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
Colossians 3:23
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.
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