Ecclesiastes 9:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

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  • Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:24-26 : 24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God. 25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him? 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
  • Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him. 13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.
  • 1 Chr 16:1-3 : 1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God. 2 And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord. 3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
  • Exod 24:8-9 : 8 Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words. 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up: 10 And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens. 11 And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
  • 1 Chr 29:21-23 : 21 And they made offerings to the Lord, and gave burned offerings to the Lord, on the day after, a thousand oxen, a thousand sheep, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and a great wealth of offerings for all Israel. 22 And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest. 23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.
  • 2 Chr 30:23-27 : 23 And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy. 24 For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy. 25 And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 27 Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.
  • Neh 8:10-12 : 10 Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place. 11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief. 12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
  • Deut 16:14-15 : 14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you. 15 Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.
  • 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.
  • Gen 4:4-5 : 4 And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering; 5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
  • Mark 7:29 : 29 And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
  • John 4:50 : 50 And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.
  • Gen 12:19 : 19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:15
    80%

    15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:11-14
    4 verses
    77%

    11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

    13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

    14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

    19He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

    26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 9:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

    9Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

    10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

  • Ps 104:15
    76%

    15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Ps 4:7
    75%

    7Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

  • Neh 8:10
    74%

    10Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

  • Ps 128:2
    74%

    2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Eccl 3:22
    73%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Deut 12:7
    73%

    7There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

  • Prov 9:5
    73%

    5Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.

  • Isa 22:13
    72%

    13But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

  • Eccl 10:19
    72%

    19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

  • Eccl 2:1
    72%

    1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

  • Deut 14:26
    72%

    26And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

  • Prov 3:10
    71%

    10So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

  • Luke 12:19
    71%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

  • Eccl 2:10
    71%

    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

  • Zech 9:17
    71%

    17For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

  • Prov 31:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

    7Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

  • Eccl 11:7
    70%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Prov 23:7
    70%

    7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Jer 16:8
    70%

    8And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

  • Prov 15:15
    70%

    15All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

  • Eccl 9:6
    70%

    6Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:14
    70%

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Eccl 10:17
    70%

    17Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

  • Isa 24:7
    70%

    7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

  • Job 8:21
    69%

    21The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • Judg 19:6
    69%

    6So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

  • Eccl 7:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

    3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

  • Prov 15:13
    69%

    13A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Neh 8:12
    69%

    12And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

  • Deut 27:7
    69%

    7And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.