Wisdom 2:7

7 Let's drink our fill of expensive wines and enjoy fine perfumes. Let's pluck every fresh blossom of spring as we pass by.

Wisdom 2:7 In-Context

5 Our time here is like a shadow passing by. There's no turning back from death. It has been sealed, and no one will alter it.

6 Come then! Let's enjoy all the good things of life now. Let's enjoy creation to the fullest as we did in our youth.

7 Let's drink our fill of expensive wines and enjoy fine perfumes. Let's pluck every fresh blossom of spring as we pass by.

8 Let's crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

9 Let's make sure that no meadow is left untouched by our high-spirited fun. Let's leave evidence everywhere that we made the most of this life, because this life is all we have.