Deuteronomy 12:7
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7 There you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and (A)rejoice in all [a]your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
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- Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit the putting forth of your hand
Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 and you shall (A)rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and (B)the Levite who is in your [a]town, and (C)the stranger, the [b]orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
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- Deuteronomy 16:11 Lit gates
- Deuteronomy 16:11 Or fatherless
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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12 I know that there is (A)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; 13 moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the (B)gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
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18 Here is what I have seen to be (A)good and [a]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few [c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [d](B)reward. 19 Furthermore, as for every person to whom (C)God has given riches and wealth, He has also (D)given him the opportunity to [e]enjoy them and to receive his [f]reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the (E)gift of God. 20 For he will not often call to mind the [g]years of his life, because (F)God keeps [h]him busy with the joy of his heart.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit beautiful
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit see good
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or days
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or share
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 Lit eat from it
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 Or share
- Ecclesiastes 5:20 Or days
- Ecclesiastes 5:20 As in LXX
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