Nehemiah 8:12

Modern King James Version

And all the people went to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words which were declared to them.

Cross References

Psalm 119:174

I have longed for Your salvation, O Jehovah; and Your Law is my delight.

Luke 24:32

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

Psalm 119:171

My lips shall utter praise, when You have taught me Your Precepts.

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; yea, even fine gold.

Psalm 119:111

I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:97

MEM: 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.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight myself in Your Precepts; 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

nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

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 do not find.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts.

Revelation 11:10

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

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, Go eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD. And do not be sorry, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:11

And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved.

Nehemiah 8:13

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

Esther 9:22

as the days in which 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 to one another, and gifts to the poor.

1 Chronicles 29:22

And they ate and drank before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as ruler, and Zadok to be as priest.