having fun

The 13 most-voted verses about having fun, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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 (BSB)

¶ [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 (KJV)

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 (WEB)

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:13 (BSB)

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:13 (KJV)

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:13 (WEB)

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 (BSB)

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 (KJV)

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 (WEB)

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 (BSB)

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 (KJV)

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 (WEB)

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 (BSB)

A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 (KJV)

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 (WEB)

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (BSB)

¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (KJV)

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (WEB)

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (BSB)

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)

Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 (WEB)

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (BSB)

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalm 149:3 (KJV)

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

Psalm 149:3 (WEB)

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

Zechariah 8:5 (BSB)

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

Zechariah 8:5 (KJV)

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

Zechariah 8:5 (WEB)

There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:7 (BSB)

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Deuteronomy 12:7 (KJV)

There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:7 (WEB)

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:16 (BSB)

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:16 (KJV)

As the LORD’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:16 (WEB)

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

Job 8:21 (BSB)

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

Job 8:21 (KJV)

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

Job 8:21 (WEB)

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

1 Timothy 5:23 (BSB)

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23 (KJV)

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

1 Timothy 5:23 (WEB)

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