Deu 12:7, 18, 26:10-11, Ecc 2:10-11, 24, 3:11-12, 5:18-20, 8:15, 9:7-9, 11:9 | 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.

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 12:18

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.

Deuteronomy 26:10-11

10 And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O Lord, have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God. 11 And ^fyou shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart ^gfound pleasure in all my toil, and this was my ^hreward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ⁱvanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ^jto be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 ^kThere is nothing better for a person than that he should ^leat and drink and find enjoyment ^{▼▼Or and make his soul see good} in his toil. This also, I saw, is ⁿfrom the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 3:11-12

11 He has ^omade everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot ^pfind out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I perceived that there is ^qnothing better for them than to be joyful and to ^rdo good as long as they live;

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

18 Behold, what I have seen to be ^sgood 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 ^ulot. 19 Everyone also to whom ^vGod has given ^wwealth and possessions ^xand power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is ^ythe gift of God. 20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

15 And I commend joy, for man ^zhas nothing better under the sun but to ^aaeat 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, ^abeat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

8 ^acLet your garments be always white. Let not ^adoil be lacking on your head.

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^aevain ^{▼▼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 ^agportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

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