Ecclesiastes 9:5-7

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⁵ People who are alive know that they will die one day. But dead people do not know anything. No more good things can happen to them. Nobody remembers them. ⁶ Everything that they did in the world has finished. If they loved people, if they hated people, if they were jealous of people, all that has finished. They no longer having anything to do with the things that happen on the earth.

Enjoy life

⁷ So be happy as you eat your food. Be happy as you drink your wine. God is pleased with you as you do these things.