Deuteronomy 12:7

New American Bible - revised edition

There, too, in the presence of the Lord, your God, you and your families shall eat and rejoice in all your undertakings, in which the Lord, your God, has blessed you.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:22

and on that day they ate and drank in the Lord’s presence with great rejoicing. Solomon Anointed. Then for a second time they proclaimed David’s son Solomon king, and they anointed him for the Lord as ruler, and Zadok as priest.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah, that is, the governor, and Ezra the priest-scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all the people: “Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not lament, do not weep!”—for all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I recognized that there is nothing better than to rejoice and to do well during life.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

Moreover, that all can eat and drink and enjoy the good of all their toil—this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Those to whom God gives riches and property, and grants power to partake of them, so that they receive their lot and find joy in the fruits of their toil: This is a gift from God.

Isaiah 23:18

But her merchandise and her hire shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be stored up or laid away; instead, her merchandise shall belong to those who dwell before the Lord, to eat their fill and clothe themselves in choice attire.

Isaiah 62:9

But those who harvest shall eat, and praise the Lord; Those who gather shall drink in my holy courts.

Ezekiel 44:3

Only the prince may sit in it to eat a meal in the presence of the Lord; he must enter through the vestibule of the gate and leave the same way. Admission to the Temple.

Joel 1:16

Before our very eyes has not food been cut off? And from the house of our God, joy and gladness?

Joel 2:26

You will eat until you are fully satisfied, then you will praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who acts so wondrously on your behalf! My people will never again be put to shame.

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you shall gather fruit of majestic trees, branches of palms, and boughs of leafy trees and valley willows. Then for a week you shall make merry before the Lord, your God.

Malachi 2:13

This also you do: the altar of the Lord you cover with tears, weeping, and groaning, Because the Lord no longer takes note of your offering or accepts it favorably from your hand.

Acts 2:46

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,

Deuteronomy 12:12

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, with your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as with the Levite within your gates, who has no hereditary portion with you.

Deuteronomy 12:18

These you must eat in the presence of the Lord, your God, in the place that the Lord, your God, chooses, along with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates; and there, in the presence of the Lord, you shall rejoice in all your undertakings.

Deuteronomy 12:8

You shall not do as we are doing here today, everyone doing what is right in their own sight,

Deuteronomy 14:23

then in the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place of his name you shall eat in his presence the tithe of your grain, wine and oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, that you may learn always to fear the Lord, your God.

Deuteronomy 14:26

You may then exchange the money for whatever you desire, oxen or sheep, wine or beer, or anything else you want, and there in the presence of the Lord, your God, you shall consume it and rejoice, you and your household together.

Deuteronomy 15:20

In the presence of the Lord, your God, you shall eat them year after year, you and your household, in the place that the Lord will choose.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Then you and your household, together with the Levite and the resident aliens who live among you, shall celebrate with all these good things which the Lord, your God, has given you. Declaration Concerning Tithes.

Deuteronomy 27:7

You shall also offer communion sacrifices and eat them there, rejoicing in the presence of the Lord, your God.

Deuteronomy 28:47

Since you would not serve the Lord, your God, with heartfelt joy for abundance of every kind,

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!