What Makes Life Better
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton
- Being satisfied - Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
- Waiting for the right time, patience - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 10-11
- See the good in what you do and fear God - Ecclesiastes 3:12-14
- Be happy with the present - Ecclesiastes 3:22
- Take time to rest - Ecclesiastes 4:6
- Have friends - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
- Learn - Ecclesiastes 4:13
- Enjoy what you produce - Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
- A good reputation - Ecclesiastes 7:1
- Experience sorrow - Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
- Correction - Ecclesiastes 7:5
- Finishing things and having patience - Ecclesiastes 7:8
- Accept things as they are - Ecclesiastes 7:14
- Be righteous, fear God but accept the fact you won’t be perfect - Ecclesiastes 7:18
- Know that God made men to be righteous - Ecclesiastes 7:29
- Fear God openly - Ecclesiastes 8:12
- Enjoy life - Ecclesiastes 8:15
- Be optimistic - Ecclesiastes 9:4
- Live a life approved by God - Ecclesiastes 9:7
- Take care of yourself - Ecclesiastes 9:8
- Get married - Ecclesiastes 9:9
- Work hard, don’t procrastinate - Ecclesiastes 9:10
- Be wise, learn wisdom - Ecclesiastes 9:13-18; 10:10
- Not having self-indulgent rulers - Ecclesiastes 10:17
- Have alternative plans - Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Get outside and enjoy life - Ecclesiastes 11:7-8
- Enjoy childhood and youth, follow impulses without sin - Ecclesiastes 11:9
- Serve God from youth - Ecclesiastes 12:1
- Respect God and obey Him - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
