Deuteronomy 12:18

New International Reader's Version

Instead, you must eat all those things in the sight of the Lord your God. Do it at the place he will choose. You, your children, your male and female servants and the Levites from your towns can eat them. Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful in everything you do.

Cross References

Psalm 32:11

Be glad because of what the Lord has done for you. Be joyful, you who do what is right! Sing, all you whose hearts are honest!

Psalm 68:3

But may those who do what is right be glad and filled with joy when they are with him. May they be happy and joyful.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways. All her paths lead to peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

People should be happy and do good while they live. I know there’s nothing better for them to do than that.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.

Isaiah 12:3

People of Israel, he will save you. That will bring you joy like water brought up from wells.

Acts 16:34

The jailer brought them into his house. He set a meal in front of them. He and everyone who lived with him were filled with joy. They had become believers in God.

Acts 2:46

Every day they met together in the temple courtyard. They ate meals together in their homes. Their hearts were glad and sincere.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful

Deuteronomy 12:14

Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose in one of your tribes. There you must obey everything I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:19

Don’t forget to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Instead, go to the special place he will choose from among all your tribes. He will put his Name there. That’s where you must go.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat at the place the Lord your God will choose. He will be with you there. You will find joy in everything you have done. That’s because he has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 14:23

Here are the things you should eat in the sight of the Lord your God. You should eat a tenth part of your grain, olive oil and fresh wine. You should also eat the male animals among your livestock that were born first to their mothers. Eat all these things at the special place the Lord your God will choose. He will put his Name there. You will learn to honor him always.

Deuteronomy 15:20

Each year you and your family must eat them. Do it in front of the Lord your God at the place he will choose.

1 Samuel 1:4

Every year at Shiloh, the day would come for Elkanah to offer a sacrifice. On that day, he would give a share of the meat to his wife Peninnah. He would also give a share to each of her sons and daughters.