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Ecclesiastes 9:7
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
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7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
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7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink,(A) and find satisfaction(B) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(C)
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C) 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?(D) 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(E) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(F) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(G) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
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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.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
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Deuteronomy 12:7
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7 There, in the presence(A) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(B) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:7
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Deuteronomy 12:7
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7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
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19 A feast is made for laughter,
wine(A) makes life merry,
and money is the answer for everything.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
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19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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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.
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1 Chronicles 16:1-3
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1 Chronicles 16:1-3
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Ministering Before the Ark(A)(B)(C)
16 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched(D) for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. 2 After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed(E) the people in the name of the Lord. 3 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins(F) to each Israelite man and woman.
1 Chronicles 16:1-3
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1 Chronicles 16:1-3
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16 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
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Nehemiah 8:10-12
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Nehemiah 8:10-12
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10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing(A) prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy(B) of the Lord is your strength.”
11 The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”
12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(C) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.
Nehemiah 8:10-12
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Nehemiah 8:10-12
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10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
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Acts 10:35
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Acts 10:35
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35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.(A)
Acts 10:35
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Acts 10:35
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35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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Deuteronomy 16:14-15
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Deuteronomy 16:14-15
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14 Be joyful(A) at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy(B) will be complete.
Deuteronomy 16:14-15
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Deuteronomy 16:14-15
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14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
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Genesis 4:4-5
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Genesis 4:4-5
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4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions(A) from some of the firstborn of his flock.(B) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,(C) 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
Genesis 4:4-5
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Genesis 4:4-5
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4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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John 4:50
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John 4:50
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50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
John 4:50
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John 4:50
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50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
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