And (A)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and (B)you shall rejoice in [a]all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:7 all that you undertake

There, in the presence(A) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(B) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

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11 (A)You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

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11 And rejoice(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.(E)

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12 I know that nothing is (A)better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

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12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.

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13 and also that (A)every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

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13 That each of them may eat and drink,(A) and find satisfaction(B) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(C)

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18 Here is what I have seen: (A)It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; (B)for it is his [a]heritage. 19 As for (C)every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his [b]heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the (D)gift of God. 20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit. portion
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:19 Lit. portion

18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot. 19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,(C) and the ability to enjoy them,(D) to accept their lot(E) and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.(F) 20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.(G)

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