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.

ecclesiastes 9:7 Go [then], eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

7. Addressed to the "righteous wise," spoken of in Ec 9:1. Being "in the hand of God," who now accepteth "thy works" in His service, as He has previously accepted thy person (Ge 4:4), thou mayest "eat . . . with a cheerful (not sensually 'merry') heart" (Ec 3:13; 5:18; Ac 2:46).

ecclesiastes 9:7 Go [then], eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

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