Quotes about Fulfillment
I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
— Ecclesiastes 2:4
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
— Ecclesiastes 2:10
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 2:22
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
— Ecclesiastes 2:24
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
— Ecclesiastes 2:25
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
— Ecclesiastes 3:12
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
— Ecclesiastes 3:13
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
— Ecclesiastes 3:22
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
— Ecclesiastes 5:18
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
— Ecclesiastes 6:3
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
— Ecclesiastes 6:6
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
— Ecclesiastes 6:7