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

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; — read the full passage →

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

It was so, as Yahweh’s ark came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

They rose up early on the next day, 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 always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. — read the full passage →

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was 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.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

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

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

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

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!” — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! — read the full passage →

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! — read the full passage →

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain!” — read the full passage →

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

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

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

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

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

You are the children of Yahweh your God. You 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 righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: — read the full passage →

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to 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 no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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