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Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: . . .

Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and to multiply you, so also it will please Him to exterminate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Psalm 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Isaiah 64:5
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:15, 16
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. . . .

1 Timothy 6:18
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,