Ecclesiastes 9:7-11

⁷Go, eat thy bread with mirth, And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; For now God has favorably accepted thy works.

⁸Let thy garments be always white; And let not oil be wanting on thy head.

⁹And see life with the wife whom thou lovest All the days of the life of thy vanity, Which are given thee under the sun: For that is thy portion in thy life, And in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand shall find to do, Do with all thy might; For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, Nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest.

¹¹I returned, and saw under the sun, That the race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor yet bread to the wise, Nor yet wealth to men of understanding, Nor yet favor to men of knowledge; For time and chance will happen to them all.