Deu 12:7, 12, Neh 8:10, Zec 7:6, Rom 14:6-7, 1Cor 10:31, 1Ti 4:3-5 | ESV | STEP | And there you shall eat before the Lord your God , and you shall rejoice , you and your households , in all that you undertake , in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

a ch. 14:23, 26; 15:20

b ch. 14:26; 16:11, 14, 15; 26:11; 27:7; 28:8; Lev. 23:40

c[See ver. 7 above]

dSee Num. 18:20

e Esth. 9:19, 22

f[1 Cor. 11:20, 21]

g 1 Cor. 10:30, 31; 1 Tim. 4:3, 4; See Matt. 15:36

h 2 Cor. 5:15; Gal. 2:20; 1 Pet. 4:2; [1 Cor. 6:19; 1 Thess. 5:10]

i Col. 3:17; 1 Pet. 4:11

j[Dan. 11:37; Heb. 13:4]

kSee Col. 2:16

l Gen. 1:29; 9:3

mSee Rom. 14:6

n Gen. 1:31

oSee Acts 10:15

p[See ver. 3 above]

q Gen. 1:25, 31

Deuteronomy 12:7

7 And ^athere you shall eat before the Lord your God, and ^byou shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:12

12 And ^cyou 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 ^dhe has no portion or inheritance with you.

Nehemiah 8:10

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and ^esend 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.”

Zechariah 7:6

6 ^fAnd when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

Romans 14:6-7

6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since ^ghe gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For ^hnone of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.

1 Corinthians 10:31

31 So, whether you eat or drink, or ⁱwhatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Timothy 4:3-5

3 ^jwho forbid marriage and ^krequire abstinence from foods ^lthat God created ^mto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For ⁿeverything created by God is good, and ^onothing is to be rejected if it is ^preceived with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy ^qby the word of God and prayer.