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Ecc 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Go		Gen 12:19; Mar 7:29; Jhn 4:50
eat		Ecc 2:24-26; Ecc 3:12,13; Ecc 5:18; Ecc 8:15; Ecc 10:19; Deu 12:7,12; Deu 16:14,15; 1Ki 8:66; 1Ch 16:1-3; 1Ch 29:21-23; 2Ch 30:23-27; Neh 8:10-12
for		Gen 4:4,5; Exd 24:8-11; Luk 11:41; Act 10:35

Correlating Passages

	Gen 12:19	Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
	Mar 7:29	And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
	Jhn 4:50	Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

eat

	Ecc 2:24	[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.
	Ecc 2:25	For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
	Ecc 2:26	For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 3:12	I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
	Ecc 3:13	And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
	Ecc 5:18	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.
	Ecc 8:15	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.
	Ecc 10:19	A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].
	Deu 12:7	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.
	Deu 12:12	And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
	Deu 16:14	And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.
	Deu 16:15	Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
	1Ki 8:66	On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
	1Ch 16:1	So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
	1Ch 16:2	And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
	1Ch 16:3	And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of wine].
	1Ch 29:21	And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
	1Ch 29:22	And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor, and Zadok [to be] priest.
	1Ch 29:23	Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
	2Ch 30:23	And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.
	2Ch 30:24	For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
	2Ch 30:25	And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
	2Ch 30:26	So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like in Jerusalem.
	2Ch 30:27	Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.
	Neh 8:10	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.
	Neh 8:11	So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.
	Neh 8:12	And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

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	Gen 4:4	And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
	Gen 4:5	But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
	Exd 24:8	And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
	Exd 24:9	Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
	Exd 24:10	And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.
	Exd 24:11	And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
	Luk 11:41	But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
	Act 10:35	But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 9:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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