Nehemiah 8:12

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 119:174

I long for Your salvation, O  Lord, and Your law is my delight.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the way and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

Psalm 119:171

My lips will utter praise, for You teach me Your statutes.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.

Psalm 119:111

Your testimonies have I taken as my heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, 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 pieces.

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

I have not departed 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 the will to do what is right is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found and I ate them. And Your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O  Lord God of Hosts.

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.

Nehemiah 8:10

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.”

Nehemiah 8:11

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

Nehemiah 8:13

On the second day, the chiefs of the fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe in order to understand the words of the Law.

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.

1 Chronicles 29:22

So they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great joy. And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, for they anointed him to the Lord as a ruler and Zadok as a priest.