Nehemiah 8:12

American King James Version (1999)

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

Cross References

Psalm 119:174

I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.

Luke 24:32

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Psalm 119:171

My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.

Psalm 119:130

The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.

Psalm 119:111

Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:97

O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 119:72

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.

Psalm 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

Revelation 11:10

And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelled on the earth.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy to our LORD: neither be you sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:11

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.

Nehemiah 8:13

And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

Esther 9:22

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

1 Chronicles 29:22

And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.