Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷ Go, eat your bread with enjoyment and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has long ago approved what you do.^{(A) 8} Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.^{(B) 9} Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that are given you under the sun,^[a] because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.^(C)