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What Does the Bible Say About Fun?

Here are 8 Bible verses about fun, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Ecclesiastes 2:24

    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.

    BSBNothing 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.

  2. #2Ecclesiastes 3:4

    A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

    BSBa time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

  3. #3Proverbs 17:22

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

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

  4. #4Philippians 4:4

    Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

    BSBRejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

  5. #5Zechariah 8:5

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

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

  6. #6Proverbs 15:13

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

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

  7. #7Ecclesiastes 8:15

    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.

    BSBSo 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.

  8. #81 Corinthians 10:31

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

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

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