Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 – “I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should… enjoy the good of all his labor – it is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1 – “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them.'”
Ecclesiastes 11:9 – “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth . . . But know that for all these God will bring you into judgement.”
Ecclesiastes 11:6 – “In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper . . . or whether both alike will be good.”