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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
People should be happy and do good while they live. I know there’s nothing better for them to do than that.Each of them should eat and drink. People should be satisfied with all their hard work. That is God’s gift to them.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.Without his help, who can eat or find pleasure?God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness to the person who pleases him. But to a sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth. Then the sinner must hand it over to the one who pleases God. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
You and your families will eat at the place the Lord your God will choose. He will be with you there. You will find joy in everything you have done. That’s because he has blessed you.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
People laugh at a dinner party. And wine makes life happy. People think money can buy everything.
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1 Chronicles 16 1-1 Chronicles 16 3
The ark of God was carried into Jerusalem. It was put in the tent David had set up for it. The priests brought burnt offerings and friendship offerings to God.After David finished sacrificing those offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.He gave to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread. He also gave each one a date cake and a raisin cake.
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Nehemiah 8:10-12
Nehemiah said,“ Go and enjoy some good food and sweet drinks. Send some of it to people who don’t have any. This day is holy to our Lord. So don’t be sad. The joy of the Lord makes you strong.”The Levites calmed all the people down. They said,“ Be quiet. This is a holy day. So don’t be sad.”Then all the people went away to eat and drink. They shared their food with others. They celebrated with great joy. Now they understood the words they had heard. That’s because everything had been explained to them.
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1 Chronicles 29 21-1 Chronicles 29 23
The next day they offered sacrifices to the Lord. They brought burnt offerings to him. They sacrificed 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 male lambs. They also brought the required drink offerings. And they offered many other sacrifices for the whole community of Israel.They ate and drank with great joy that day. They did it in front of the Lord. Then they announced a second time that Solomon was king. He was the son of David. They anointed Solomon in front of the Lord. They anointed him to be ruler. They also anointed Zadok to be priest.So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. He ruled as king in place of his father David. Things went well with him. All the people of Israel obeyed him.
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Acts 10:35
“ He accepts people from every nation. He accepts anyone who has respect for him and does what is right.
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Exodus 24:8-11
Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people. He said,“ This is the blood that puts the covenant into effect. The Lord has made this covenant with you in keeping with all these words.”Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the 70 elders of Israel went up.They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a street made out of lapis lazuli. It was as bright blue as the sky itself.But God didn’t destroy those Israelite leaders when they saw him. They ate and drank.
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Deuteronomy 16:14-15
Be filled with joy at your feast. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites, the outsiders, and the widows living in your towns. And so should the children whose fathers have died.For seven days celebrate the feast to honor the Lord your God. Do it at the place he will choose. The Lord will bless you when you gather all your crops. He’ll bless you in everything you do. And you will be full of joy.
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Genesis 4:4-5
And Abel also brought an offering. He brought the fattest parts of some animals from his flock. They were the first animals born to their mothers. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering.But he wasn’t pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was sad.
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Deuteronomy 12:12
Be filled with joy there in the sight of the Lord your God. Your children should also be joyful. So should your male and female servants. And so should the Levites from your towns. The Levites won’t receive any part of the land as their share.
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John 4:50
“ Go,” Jesus replied.“ Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said, and so he left.
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Genesis 12:19
Why did you say she was your sister? That’s why I took her to be my wife. Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and go!”
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1 Kings 8 66
On the following day Solomon sent the people away. They asked the Lord to bless the king. Then they went home. The people were glad. Their hearts were full of joy. That’s because the Lord had done so many good things for his servant David and his people Israel.
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Luke 11:41
Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.
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2 Chronicles 30 23-2 Chronicles 30 27
Then the whole community agreed to celebrate the feast for seven more days. So for another seven days they celebrated with joy.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, provided 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats for the community. The officials provided 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats for them. A large number of priests set themselves apart to the Lord.The entire community of Judah was filled with joy. So were the priests and Levites. And so were all the people who had gathered together from Israel. That included the outsiders who had come from Israel. It also included those who lived in Judah.There was great joy in Jerusalem. There hadn’t been anything like it in Israel since the days of Solomon, the son of David. Solomon had been king of Israel.The priests and Levites gave their blessing to the people. God heard them. Their prayer reached all the way to heaven. It’s the holy place where God lives.
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Mark 7:29
Then he told her,“ That was a good reply. You may go. The demon has left your daughter.”