Deuteronomy 12:18

New Century Version

Eat these things when you are together with the Lord your God, in the place the Lord your God chooses to be worshiped. Everyone must do this: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns. Rejoice in the Lord your God’s presence about the things you have worked for.

Cross References

Psalm 32:11

Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you whose hearts are right.

Psalm 68:3

But those who do right should be glad and should rejoice before God; they should be happy and glad.

Proverbs 3:17

Wisdom will make your life pleasant and will bring you peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

So I realize that the best thing for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

I have seen what is best for people here on earth. They should eat and drink and enjoy their work, because the life God has given them on earth is short.

Isaiah 12:3

You will receive your salvation with joy as you would draw water from a well.

Acts 16:34

After this the jailer took Paul and Silas home and gave them food. He and his family were very happy because they now believed in God.

Acts 2:46

The believers met together in the Temple every day. They ate together in their homes, happy to share their food with joyful hearts.

1 Corinthians 10:31

The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 12:14

Offer them only in the place the Lord will choose. He will choose a place in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I am commanding you.

Deuteronomy 12:19

Be careful not to forget the Levites as long as you live in the land.

Deuteronomy 12:5

but look for the place the Lord your God will choose—a place among your tribes where he is to be worshiped. Go there,

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 14:23

Take it to the place the Lord your God will choose where he is to be worshiped. There, where you will be together with the Lord, eat the tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and eat the animals born first to your herds and flocks. Do this so that you will learn to respect the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 15:20

Each year you and your family are to eat these animals in the presence of the Lord your God, in the place he will choose to be worshiped.

1 Samuel 1:4

When Elkanah offered sacrifices, he always gave a share of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to her sons and daughters.