Deuteronomy 12:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

these you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God at the place that the Lord your God will choose, you together with your son and your daughter, your male and female slaves, and the Levites resident in your towns, rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God in all your undertakings.

Cross References

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Psalm 68:3

But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;

Ecclesiastes 5:18

This is what I have seen to be good: it is fitting to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of the life God gives us, for this is our lot.

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Acts 16:34

He brought them up into the house and set food before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.

Acts 2:46

Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,

1 Corinthians 10:31

So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Galatians 5:22

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 12:14

But only at the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes—there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:19

Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households together, rejoicing in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 14:23

In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 15:20

You shall eat it, you together with your household, in the presence of the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will choose.

1 Samuel 1:4

On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,