Chapter 3, for example, states: “I have come to know that there is nothing better for [people] than to rejoice and to do good during one’s life; and also that every man should eat and indeed drink and see good for all his hard work.
बेटे के मन में सभोपदेशक ९: १० की आयत याद आयी: “जो काम तुझे मिले उसे अपनी शक्‍ति भर करना, क्योंकि अधोलोक [कब्र] में जहां तू जानेवाला है, न काम न युक्‍ति न ज्ञान और न बुद्धि है । ”