Deuteronomy 12:7

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:22

That day the people ate and drank with much joy, and the Lord was with them. And they made David’s son Solomon king for the second time. They poured olive oil on Solomon to appoint him king in the presence of the Lord. And they poured oil on Zadok to appoint him as priest.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching said to all the people, “This is a holy day to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad or cry.” All the people had been crying as they listened to the words of the Teachings.

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 3:13

God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their work, which are gifts from God.

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 23:18

The profits will be saved for the Lord. Tyre will not keep the money she earns but will give them to the people who serve the Lord, so they will have plenty of food and nice clothes.

Isaiah 62:9

Those who gather food will eat it, and they will praise the Lord. Those who gather the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”

Ezekiel 44:3

Only the ruler himself may sit in the gateway to eat a meal in the presence of the Lord. He must enter through the porch of the gateway and go out the same way.”

Joel 1:16

Our food is taken away while we watch. Joy and happiness are gone from the Temple of our God.

Joel 2:26

Then you will have plenty to eat and be full. You will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has done miracles for you. My people will never again be shamed.

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you will take good fruit from the fruit trees, as well as branches from palm trees, poplars, and other leafy trees. You will celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days.

Malachi 2:13

This is another thing you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with your tears. You cry and moan, because he does not accept your offerings and is not pleased with what you bring.

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.

Deuteronomy 12:12

There rejoice before the Lord your God. Everyone should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no land of their own.

Deuteronomy 12:18

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.

Deuteronomy 12:8

Do not worship the way we have been doing today, each person doing what he thinks is right.

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 14:26

Use the silver to buy anything you wish—cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you wish. Then you and your family will eat and celebrate there before the Lord your God.

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.

Deuteronomy 26:11

Then you and the Levites and foreigners among you should rejoice, because the Lord your God has given good things to you and your family.

Deuteronomy 27:7

and offer fellowship offerings there, and eat them and rejoice before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:47

You had plenty of everything, but you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a pure heart,

Philippians 4:4

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.