Ecclesiastes 9:7

New International Reader's Version

Go and enjoy your food. Be joyful as you drink your wine. God has already approved what you do.

Cross References

Genesis 12:19

Why did you say she was your sister? That’s why I took her to be my wife. Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and go!”

1 Kings 8:66

On the following day Solomon sent the people away. They asked the Lord to bless the king. Then they went home. The people were glad. Their hearts were full of joy. That’s because the Lord had done so many good things for his servant David and his people Israel.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

People laugh at a dinner party. And wine makes life happy. People think money can buy everything.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

No matter how many years anyone might live, let them enjoy all of them. But let them remember the dark days. There will be many of those. Nothing that’s going to happen will have any meaning.

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.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, here’s something to think about. God has made bad times. He has also made good times. So no one can find out anything about what’s ahead for them.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.

Numbers 6:20

Then he must lift up the shoulder and bread and wave them in front of the Lord. They are a wave offering. They are holy and belong to the priest. Other parts of the ram belong to the priest as well. They are the breast that was waved and the thigh that was offered. After the offering is waved, the Nazirites may drink wine.

Mark 7:29

Then he told her, “That was a good reply. You may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

Luke 11:41

Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.

John 4:50

“Go,” Jesus replied. “Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said, and so he left.

Acts 10:35

“He accepts people from every nation. He accepts anyone who has respect for him and does what is right.

Deuteronomy 12:12

Be filled with joy there in the sight of the Lord your God. Your children should also be joyful. So should your male and female servants. And so should the Levites from your towns. The Levites won’t receive any part of the land as their share.

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.

Ruth 3:7

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking, he was in a good mood. He went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Then Ruth approached quietly. She uncovered his feet and lay down there.