Ecclesiastes 9:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Go thou thy way then, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a glad heart, for thy workes please god:

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  • Eccl 8:15 : 15 Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 2:24-26 : 24 Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God. 25 For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I? 26 And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.
  • Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth. 13 For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God, and ye shall reioyce in all that ye put your hande vnto, both ye and your housholdes, wherin the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 And ye shall reioyce before the Lorde your God, ye and your sonnes, and your daughters, your seruauntes, and your maydens, and the Leuite that is within your gates, forasmuche as he hah no part nor inheritauce with you.
  • 1 Chr 16:1-3 : 1 So they brought in the arke of God, and set it in the middest of the tent that Dauid pitched for it: And they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offringes before God. 2 And when Dauid had made an end of offring the burnt offringes and peace offringes, he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde. 3 And he dealt to all Israel both man and woman, a cracknel of bread, and a good peece of fleshe, and a flacket of wine.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in euery nation, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghteousnes, is accepted with hym.
  • Exod 24:8-9 : 8 And Moyses toke the blood, & sprinckled it on the people, and sayd: Beholde, this is the blood of the couenaut which the Lorde hath made with you vpon all these wordes. 9 Then went Moyses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the threscore and ten elders of Israel vp. 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feete as it were a worke of a Saphire stone, & as it were the heauen when it is cleare. 11 And he layde not his hande vpon the nobles of the children of Israel: and they saw God, and did eate and drinke.
  • 1 Chr 29:21-23 : 21 And they offered offringes vnto the Lorde: And on the morowe after the saide day, they offred burnt offringes vnto the Lorde, euen a thousand young oxen, a thousand rammes, and a thousand sheepe, with their drinke offrings: Many sacrifices offred they for all Israel, 22 And did eate & drinke before the Lord the same day with great gladnesse: And they made Solomon the sonne of Dauid king the second time, and annoynted him prince before the Lorde, and Zadoc to be the hie priest. 23 And Solomon sate on the seate of the Lorde, and was king in steade of Dauid his father, and prospered: and all they of Israel obeyed him.
  • 2 Chr 30:23-27 : 23 And the whole assemblie toke counsel to do so other seuen dayes: & they helde those seuen dayes with gladnesse: 24 For Hezekia king of Iuda, did geue to the congregation a thousand young oxen, and seuen thousand sheepe: And the lordes gaue out to the congregation a thousand oxen, & ten thousand sheepe, and a great number of the priestes were sanctified. 25 And all the congregation of Iuda, with the priestes & Leuites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, & the straungers that came out of the lande of Israel, & that dwelt in Iuda, reioyced. 26 And there was great gladnesse in Hierusalem: For since the time of Solomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israel, there was no such ioy in Hierusalem. 27 And the priestes and the Leuites arose, and blessed the people: and their voyce was heard of the Lorde, and their prayer came vp vnto heauen his holy dwelling place.
  • Neh 8:10-12 : 10 And he saide vnto them: Go your way, and eate the fat, and drinke the sweete, and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues, for this day is holy vnto our Lorde: be not ye sory therefore, for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength. 11 And the Leuites stilled all the people, and saide: Holde your peace, for the day is holy, be not sad therefore. 12 And all the people went their way to eate, and to drinke, & to sende part vnto other, and to make great mirth, because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them.
  • Deut 16:14-15 : 14 And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, the Leuite, the straunger, and the fatherlesse, & the widdowe, that are within thy gates. 15 Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe a solempne feast vnto thy Lorde thy God, in ye place which the Lorde shall choose: for the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in all thy fruites, & in all ye workes of thine handes, therfore shalt thou be glad.
  • 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 And the eyght day he sent the people away, & they blessed the king, and went vnto their tentes, ioyous and with glad heart, because of all the goodnesse that the Lorde had done for Dauid his seruaunt, and for Israel his people.
  • Gen 4:4-5 : 4 Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation. 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 Meate maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merie: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.
  • Mark 7:29 : 29 And he sayde vnto her: For this saying, go thy way, the deuyll is gone out of thy daughter.
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within, and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you.
  • John 4:50 : 50 Iesus sayth vnto hym: Go thy way, thy sonne lyueth. The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym, and he went his way.
  • Gen 12:19 : 19 Why diddest thou not tel me, that she was thy wyfe? why saydest thou, she is my sister? and so I might haue taken her to be my wyfe? Nowe therfore beholde, there is thy wyfe, take her, and go thy way.

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  • Eccl 8:15
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    15Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 3:11-14
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    11All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.

    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

    13For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.

    14I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.

  • Eccl 5:18-20
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    18Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.

    19For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches, goodes, and power, he geueth it him to enioy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refresshed of his labour: this is the gyft of God.

    20For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    24Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.

    25For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?

    26And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 9:8-10
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    8Let thy garmentes be alwayes white, and let thy head lacke no oyntment.

    9Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne.

    10Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    9Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges.

    10Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart: since the time that their corne and wine increased.

  • Neh 8:10
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    10And he saide vnto them: Go your way, and eate the fat, and drinke the sweete, and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues, for this day is holy vnto our Lorde: be not ye sory therefore, for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Deut 12:7
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    7And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God, and ye shall reioyce in all that ye put your hande vnto, both ye and your housholdes, wherin the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Prov 9:5
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    5O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you.

  • Isa 22:13
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    13And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19Meate maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merie: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.

  • Eccl 2:1
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    1Then sayde I thus in my heart: Nowe go to, I will take myne ease, and haue good dayes: But lo, that is vanitie also.

  • Deut 14:26
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    26And thou shalt bestowe that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen and sheepe, wine and strong drinke, and for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eate there before the Lorde thy God, and be merie, both thou and thyne housholde.

  • Prov 3:10
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    10So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnesse, and thy presses shall flowe ouer with sweete wine.

  • Luke 12:19
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    19And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.

  • Eccl 2:10
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    10And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.

  • Zech 9:17
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    17O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be? For the corne shall make the young men cheareful, and the newe wine the maydens.

  • Prov 31:6-7
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    71%

    6Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:

    7That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie.

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:

  • Prov 15:15
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    15All the dayes of the poore are miserable: but a quiet heart is a continuall feast.

  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7The wine fayleth, the vine hath no myght, all they that haue ben mery of heart are come to mournyng.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine, and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome, and to comprehende foolishnesse: vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne, I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen.

  • Job 8:21
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    21Thy mouth shall he fill with laughing, and thy lippes with gladnesse.

  • Judg 19:6
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    6And they sate downe, and dyd eate and drincke both of them together. And the damosels father sayde vnto the man: Be content I pray thee, and tary all nyght, and let thyne heart be mery.

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.

    3Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.

  • Prov 15:13
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    13A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.

  • Neh 8:12
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    12And all the people went their way to eate, and to drinke, & to sende part vnto other, and to make great mirth, because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them.

  • Deut 27:7
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    7And thou shalt offer peace offeringes, and shalt eate there, and reioyce before the Lorde thy God.