Deuteronomy 12:7

Good News Translation

There, in the presence of the Lord your God, who has blessed you, you and your families will eat and enjoy the good things that you have worked for.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:22

So that day they were very happy as they ate and drank in the presence of the Lord. For a second time they proclaimed Solomon king. In the name of the Lord they anointed him as their ruler and Zadok as priest.

Nehemiah 8:9

When the people heard what the Law required, they were so moved that they began to cry. So Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra, the priest and scholar of the Law, and the Levites who were explaining the Law told all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God, so you are not to mourn or cry.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

So I realized that all we can do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our fate.

Isaiah 23:18

The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to the Lord. She will not store it away, but those who worship the Lord will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need.

Isaiah 62:9

But you that planted and harvested the grain Will eat the bread and praise the Lord. You that tended and gathered the grapes Will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”

Ezekiel 44:3

The ruling prince, however, may go there to eat a holy meal in my presence. He is to enter and leave the gateway through the entrance room at the inner end.”

Joel 1:16

We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed. There is no joy in the Temple of our God.

Joel 2:26

Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied. You will praise the Lord your God, who has done wonderful things for you. My people will never be despised again.

Leviticus 23:40

On that day take some of the best fruit from your trees, take palm branches and limbs from leafy trees, and begin a religious festival to honor the Lord your God.

Malachi 2:13

This is another thing you do. You drown the Lord's altar with tears, weeping and wailing because he no longer accepts the offerings you bring him.

Acts 2:46

Day after day they met as a group in the Temple, and they had their meals together in their homes, eating with glad and humble hearts,

Deuteronomy 12:12

Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

You and your children, together with your servants and the Levites who live in your towns, are to eat these offerings only in the presence of the Lord your God, in the one place of worship chosen by the Lord your God. And you are to be happy there over everything that you have done.

Deuteronomy 12:8

“When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please,

Deuteronomy 14:23

Then go to the one place where the Lord your God has chosen to be worshiped; and there in his presence eat the tithes of your grain, wine, and olive oil, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. Do this so that you may learn to honor the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Spend it on whatever you want—beef, lamb, wine, beer—and there, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families are to eat and enjoy yourselves.

Deuteronomy 15:20

Each year you and your family are to eat them in the Lord's presence at the one place of worship.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Be grateful for the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family; and let the Levites and the foreigners who live among you join in the celebration.

Deuteronomy 27:7

and there you are to sacrifice and eat your fellowship offerings and be grateful in the presence of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:47

The Lord blessed you in every way, but you would not serve him with glad and joyful hearts.

Philippians 4:4

May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again: rejoice!