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1 Chronicles 23 1
When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
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1 Kings 2 35
Then the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed the priest Zadok in Abiathar’s place.
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1 Kings 1 34-1 Kings 1 39
There, the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and say,‘ Long live King Solomon!’You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”“ Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king.“ May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”Then the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.The priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed,“ Long live King Solomon!”
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
You will eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
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1 Kings 1 31
Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said,“ May my lord King David live forever!”
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
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Deuteronomy 12:11-12
then the LORD your God will choose the place to have his name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the LORD.You will rejoice before the LORD your God— you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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1 Timothy 6 17-1 Timothy 6 18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share,
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Deuteronomy 16:14-17
Rejoice during your festival— you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates.You are to hold a seven-day festival for the LORD your God in the place he chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.“ All your males are to appear three times a year before the LORD your God in the place he chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one is to appear before the LORD empty-handed.Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
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Nehemiah 8:12
Then all the people began to eat and drink, send portions, and have a great celebration, because they had understood the words that were explained to them.
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2 Chronicles 7 10
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people home, rejoicing and with happy hearts for the goodness the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.
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Exodus 24:11
God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw him, and they ate and drank.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,