Zechariah 7:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?”
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“And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh <FI>months<Fi> --even these seventy years--did ye keep the fast <FI>to<Fi> Me--Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 7:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:7There, 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.
- Deuteronomy 14:26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:22That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
- Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:20Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
- 1 Corinthians 11:26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
- Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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