Deu 12:12, 18, Neh 8:10, Ecc 3:12-13, 22, 5:18, 8:15, 9:7-9, 11:9-10 | ESV | STEP | And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God , you and your sons and your daughters , your male servants and your female servants , and the Levite that is within your towns , since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

12 And ^ayou shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since ^bhe has no portion or inheritance with you.

Deuteronomy 12:18

18 but ^cyou shall eat them before the Lord your God in ^dthe place that the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your towns. And ^eyou shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

Nehemiah 8:10

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and ^fsend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

12 I perceived that there is ^gnothing better for them than to be joyful and to ^hdo good as long as they live; 13 also ⁱthat everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is ^jGod’s gift to man.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

22 So I saw that there is ^knothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for ^lthat is his lot. Who can bring him to see ^mwhat will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

18 Behold, what I have seen to be ⁿgood and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment ^{▼▼Or and see good} in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his ^plot.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

15 And I commend joy, for man ^qhas nothing better under the sun but to ^reat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

7 Go, ^seat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

8 ^tLet your garments be always white. Let not ^uoil be lacking on your head.

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^vvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^xportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

9 ^yRejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. ^zWalk in the ways of your heart and ^aathe sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things ^abGod will bring you into judgment.

10 Remove vexation from your heart, and ^acput away pain ^{▼▼Or evil} from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.