Exodus 18:12
18:12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought
a burnt offering and sacrifices for God,
and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food
with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
Genesis 18:18
18:18 After all, Abraham
will surely become
a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another
using his name.
Genesis 31:54
31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice
on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal.
They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.
Deuteronomy 12:7
12:7 Both you and your families
must feast there before the
Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he
has blessed you.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys
9:7 Go, eat your food with joy,
and drink your wine with a happy heart,
because God has already approved your works.
Luke 15:23-24
15:23 Bring
the fattened calf
and kill it! Let us eat
and celebrate,
15:24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again – he was lost and is found!’
So
they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:1
The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin
15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
Colossians 1:16-18
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.