Proverbs 5:18

5:18 May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in your young wife –

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9:9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life

that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days;

for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

Everyone Will Die

9:1 So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up.

I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God;

whether a person will be loved or hated –

no one knows what lies ahead.

Colossians 1:29

1:29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.