Ecclesiastes 9:7

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

Go thy way {H3212}, eat {H398} thy bread {H3899} with joy {H8057}, and drink {H8354} thy wine {H3196} with a merry {H2896} heart {H3820}; for God {H430} now {H3528} accepteth {H7521} thy works {H4639}.

So go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God has already accepted your deeds.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

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

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 3:12 (12 votes)

    I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:13 (12 votes)

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

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (9 votes)

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:19 (9 votes)

    A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15 (8 votes)

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18 (7 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24 (7 votes)

    [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.