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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: — read the full passage →

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. — read the full passage →

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. — read the full passage →

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? — read the full passage →

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: — read the full passage →

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →