Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

English Standard Version

^24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should ^(B)eat and drink and find enjoyment^[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is ^(C)from the hand of God, ²⁵ for apart from him^[b] who can eat or who can have enjoyment? ²⁶ For to the one who pleases him ^(D)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given ^(E)the business of gathering and collecting, ^(F)only to give to one who pleases God. ^(G)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.