Nehemiah 8:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Nehemiah (the same is the cupbearer) and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who were interpreting for all the people, said: "This day has been sanctified to the Lord our God. Do not mourn, and do not weep." For all of the people were weeping, as they were listening to the words of the law.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:11

and the king had heard the words of the book of the law of the Lord, he tore his garments.

2 Kings 22:19

and your heart was terrified, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, listening to the words against this place and its inhabitants, specifically, that they would become an astonishment and a curse, and because you have torn your garments, and have wept before me: I also have heard you, says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:3

Then many days will pass in Israel, apart from the true God, and apart from a learned priest, and apart from the law.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites, who had a good understanding concerning the Lord. And they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 34:19

and he had heard the words of the law, he tore his garments.

2 Chronicles 34:21

"Go, and pray to the Lord for me, and for the remnant of Israel and Judah, concerning all the words of this book, which has been found. For the great fury of the Lord has rained down upon us, because our fathers did not keep the words of the Lord, to do all that has been written in this volume."

2 Chronicles 35:3

Also, he spoke with the Levites, by whose instruction all of Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: "Place the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel, built. For never again shall you carry it. Instead, now you shall minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.

Ezra 2:63

And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until there would arise a priest, learned and perfect.

Ezra 7:11

Now this is a copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest, a scribe well-taught in the words and precepts of the Lord and in his ceremonies in Israel:

Nehemiah 10:1

And the signatories were: Nehemiah, the cupbearer, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah, the governor, and of Ezra, the priest and scribe.

Nehemiah 7:65

And the cupbearer said to them that they should not eat from the Holy of Holies, until a priest would stand up who was learned and skillful.

Nehemiah 7:70

Now several of the leaders of the families gave to the work. The cupbearer gave to the treasury one thousand drachmas of gold, fifty bowls, and five hundred thirty priestly garments.

Nehemiah 8:2

Therefore, Ezra the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those who were able to understand, on the first day of the seventh month.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Isaiah 61:3

to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

Hosea 4:6

My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.

Leviticus 23:24

Say to the sons of Israel: The seventh month, the first day of the month, shall be a Sabbath for you, a memorial, with the sounding of trumpets, and it shall be called holy.

Malachi 2:13

And you have done this repeatedly: you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and bellowing, to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice, nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.

Romans 3:20

For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

Romans 7:9

Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,

Deuteronomy 12:12

In that place, you shall feast before the Lord your God: you, and your sons and daughters, your men and women servants, as well as the Levite who dwells in your cities. For he has no other portion or possession among you.

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat it there, in the sight of the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand: you and your household, which the Lord your God has blessed for you.

Deuteronomy 16:11

And you shall feast in the sight of the Lord your God: you, your son and your daughter, your man servant and your woman servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the new arrival as well as the orphan and the widow, who abide with you, in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may dwell there.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten from these things in my grief, nor have I separated them due to any kind of uncleanness, nor have I expended any of these things in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and I have done all things just as you have instructed me.

James 4:9

Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow.