Having Fun

10 passages

1. Ecclesiastes 2:24

   Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

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2. Proverbs 15:13

   A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

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3. Ecclesiastes 3:13

   and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

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4. Ecclesiastes 8:15

   So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

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5. Proverbs 17:22

   A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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6. Ecclesiastes 11:9

   Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.

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7. 1 Corinthians 10:31

   So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

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8. Zechariah 8:5

   And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

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9. Psalm 149:3

   Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

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10. Deuteronomy 12:7

    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

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