Ecclesiastes 3:12-14

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¹² So I ·realize [know] that ·the best thing [^Lthere is nothing better] for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live. ¹³ God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their ·work [toil], which are gifts from God [2:24–26; 3:22; 5:18–20; 8:15; 9:7–10; ^Cthe little pleasures are distractions from the meaningless world]. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to what God has done, and they cannot take anything away from it. God does it this way to make people ·respect [or be afraid of; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12, 13] him.