6 “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist. Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:6
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Isaiah 56:11–12
11 Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: 12 “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Proverbs 7:17–19
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses! 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Sirach 32:11–13
11 Rise up in good time, and don’t be last. Go home quickly and don’t loiter (WEB) 12 Amuse yourself there and do what is in your heart. Don’t sin by proud speech. (WEB) 13 For these things bless your Maker, who gives you to drink freely of his good things. (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 11:9–10
9 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. 10 So banish sorrow from your heart,…
4 Maccabees 8:6–8
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1 Clement 7:2–4
2 Wherefore let us forsake idle and vain thoughts; and let us conform to the glorious and venerable rule which hath been handed down to us; (1CL) 3 and let us see what is good and what is pleasant and what is acceptable in the sight of Him that made us. (1CL) 4 Let us fix our ey… (1CL)
Ecclesiastes 3:11–13
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, 13 and a…
Ecclesiastes 12:1–2
1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” 2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
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