Esther 9:22

New King James Version

as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor.

Cross References

Esther 9:19

Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar with gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and for sending presents to one another.

Esther 9:21

to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar,

Esther 9:23

So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

Psalm 103:2

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:

Psalm 149:7

To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples;

Psalm 30:11

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 30:12

To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Psalm 37:15

Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

Isaiah 14:3

It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,

Zechariah 8:19

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

Luke 11:41

But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

Galatians 2:10

They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates.

Deuteronomy 16:15

Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.

Revelation 11:10

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, 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 come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”