And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

but

Ecclesiastes 3:22 And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:63 And as the Lord rejoiced upon you before doing good to you, and multiplying you: so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to nought, so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess.

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

Isaiah 64:5 Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.

Luke 11:41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things are clean unto you.

Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.

Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:15,16 See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men. . . .

1 Timothy 6:18 To do good, to be rich in good work, to give easily, to communicate to others,