Nehemiah 8:12

New International Version

Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

Cross References

Psalm 119:174

I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.

Luke 24:32

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Psalm 119:171

May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.

Psalm 119:130

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

Psalm 119:127

Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,

Psalm 119:111

Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Psalm 119:72

The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Psalm 119:16

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Psalm 119:14

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

Romans 7:18

For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Jeremiah 15:16

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.

Revelation 11:10

The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Nehemiah 8:10

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Nehemiah 8:11

The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”

Nehemiah 8:13

On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law.

Esther 9:22

as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

1 Chronicles 29:22

They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the Lord that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.