Zechariah 7:6

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And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 11:20-21 : 20 Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper. 21 For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.
  • 1 Cor 11:26-29 : 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
  • Deut 14:26 : 26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel,“Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
  • 1 Chr 29:22 : 22 They held a feast before the LORD that day and celebrated. Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; before the LORD they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it? 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • Hos 8:13 : 13 They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the LORD.
  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

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    5“Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows:‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me– for me, indeed?

  • Zech 7:7
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    7Should you not have obeyed the words that the LORD cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the foothills were also populated?

  • Deut 29:6
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    6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer– all so that you might know that I am the LORD your God!

  • 1 Cor 11:20-22
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    20Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

    22Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

  • Jer 16:8
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  • Hag 1:6-7
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    7The Instruction of the People“Moreover, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Pay close attention to these things also.

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    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

  • Deut 2:6
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  • 1 Cor 9:7
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  • Prov 23:7
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  • Luke 7:33-34
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    33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’

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  • Mic 6:14-15
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    14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

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    2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

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  • Deut 6:11
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    17Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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    37Then the righteous will answer him,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

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    26Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.

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    22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

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    29For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

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    4Do we not have the right to financial support?

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