Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Cross References (20)

  • Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 (14)

    I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (12)

    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LO

  • Ecclesiastes 10:19 (10)

    A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15 (10)

    So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24–26 (9)

    Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God

  • Nehemiah 8:10–12 (8)

    Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing

  • 1 Chronicles 16:1–3 (6)

    So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt off

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18 (6)

    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does un

  • Deuteronomy 16:14–15 (5)

    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as

  • 1 Chronicles 29:21–23 (4)

    The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a

  • Deuteronomy 12:12 (3)

    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the

  • Acts 10:35 (3)

    but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

  • Genesis 4:4–5 (3)

    while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offer

  • 1 Kings 8:66 (3)

    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for

  • John 4:50 (2)

    “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

  • Exodus 24:8–11 (2)

    So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has mad

  • Mark 7:29 (2)

    Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

  • Luke 11:41 (2)

    But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

  • Genesis 12:19 (2)

    Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

  • 2 Chronicles 30:23–27 (1)

    The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.