What does the Bible say about recreation?

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• Mark 6:31

  He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

• Exodus 20:10

  but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

• Ecclesiastes 3:13

  Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

• 1 Timothy 4:7-8

  [7] But refuse profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. [8] For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value for all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

• Matthew 6:33

  But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

• Colossians 3:17

  Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

• John 6:27

  Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

• 1 Corinthians 9:27

  but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

• Psalms 33:6

  By Yahweh's word the heavens were made; All their host by the breath of his mouth.