Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:20; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7

1 I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility.

2 I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"

10 All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

26 For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

20 For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

4 The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

7 Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.