Nehemiah 8:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:70

And some of the heads of the families gave unto the work. Athersatha gave into the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty bowls, and five hundred and thirty garments for priests.

Nehemiah 7:65

And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the Holies of Holies, until there stood up a priest learned and skilful.

Deuteronomy 12:12

There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your men-servants and maid-servants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.

Nehemiah 8:2

Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.

Deuteronomy 16:11

And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there.

Isaiah 61:3

To appoint to the mourners of Sion: and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief. And they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Ezra 2:63

And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you.

Leviticus 23:24

Say to the children of Israel: The seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall keep a sabbath, a memorial, with the sound of trumpets, and it shall be called holy.

Romans 7:9

And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Malachi 2:13

And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.

Hosea 4:6

My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehemias the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe.

Nehemiah 10:1

And the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha the son of Hacherlai, and Sedecias,

Ezra 7:11

And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:3

And he spoke to the Levites, by whose instruction all Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: Put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. For you shall carry it no more. But minister now to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 34:21

Go, and pray to the Lord for me, and for the remnant of Israel, and Juda, concerning all the words of this book, which is found. For the great wrath of the Lord hath fallen upon us, because our fathers have not kept the words of the Lord, to do all things that are written in this book.

2 Chronicles 34:19

And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent his garments:

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the Levites that had 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 15:3

And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

2 Kings 22:19

And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, hearing the words against this place, and the inhabitants thereof, to wit, that they should become a wonder and a curse, and thou hast rent thy garments, and wept before me. I also have heard thee, saith the Lord:

2 Kings 22:11

And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord: he rent his garments.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten of them is my mourning, nor separated them for any uncleanness, nor spent any thing of them in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all things as thou hast commanded me.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.