Ecclesiastes 9:6-11

⁶Their love, hate, and envy—it's all gone. They have no further part in anything that happens here on earth.

⁷So go ahead and eat your food, and enjoy it. Drink your wine with a happy heart. That's what God intends that you should do.

⁸Always wear smart clothes and look good.

⁹Enjoy life with the wife that you love—the one God gave you—during all the days of this brief life, all these passing days whose meaning is so hard to understand as you work here on earth.

¹⁰Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.

¹¹I thought about other things that happen here on earth. Races are not always won by the fastest runner. Battles are not always decided by the strongest warrior. Also, the wise do not always have food, intelligent people do not always make money, and those who are clever do not always win favor. Time and chance affect all of them.