Nehemiah 8:10

Modern English Version

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:66

On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their tents rejoicing in their hearts for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David His servant and for Israel His people.

1 Chronicles 16:27

Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place.

Nehemiah 8:11

So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Hush! Because today is holy you should stop being so sorrowful.”

Nehemiah 8:12

Then all the people went to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to enjoy a great celebration because they had understood the words declared to them.

Esther 9:19

Therefore, the Jews of the rural areas, who were living in the villages, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of rejoicing and feasting and a special day for sending portions of food to one another.

Esther 9:22

as the days when the Jews had rest from their enemies, and as the month when things turned around for them—changing from sorrow to joy and from mourning into a favorable day —so that they could celebrate a season of feasting and rejoicing and sending food portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in his maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

Psalm 89:17

For You are the glory of their strength; by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Proverbs 17:22

A heart of cheer does good like a medicine, but a wounded spirit dries up the bones.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even eight, investments, for you do not know what calamity might occur on earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and make his life see the good in his labor. This I have seen is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

and also that everyone should eat and drink and experience good in all their labor. This is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

This is what I have observed to be good and pleasing: to eat and drink and see benefit in all one’s labor with which he toils under the sun the few days of his life, which God has given to him, for this is his reward.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your works.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I came to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gathered my myrrh with my spice. I ate my honeycomb with my honey, and I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, my friends! Drink, and be drunk, O lovers!

Isaiah 49:5

Now says the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (yet I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is my strength),

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Joel 2:23

And children of Zion, exult and rejoice in the Lord your God, because He has given to you the early rain for vindication. He showers down rains for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

Zechariah 14:21

And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts so that all who come to sacrifice will take from those pots and boil the meat in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts.

Luke 11:41

But give alms from what is within, and behold, all things are clean to you.

2 Corinthians 8:2

how in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed toward the riches of their generous giving.

Philippians 3:4

though I also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I have more:

Revelation 11:10

Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a good day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants, and to your son David.’ ”