Nehemiah 8:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:11

When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law,

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing offerings of well-being and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 34:19

When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found, for the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us is great, because our ancestors did not keep the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with all that is written in this book.”

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel, built; you need no longer carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Ezra 2:63

the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.

Ezra 7:11

This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, a scholar of the words of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:

Nehemiah 10:1

Upon the sealed document are the names of Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;

Nehemiah 12:26

These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua son of Jozadak and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.

Nehemiah 7:65

the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should come.

Nehemiah 7:70

Now some of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priestly robes.

Nehemiah 8:2

Accordingly, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding. This was on the first day of the seventh month.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Isaiah 61:3

to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge! Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me; and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Leviticus 23:24

“Speak to the Israelites, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of complete rest, a holy convocation commemorated with trumpet blasts.

Malachi 2:13

And this you do as well: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.

Romans 3:20

For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived

Deuteronomy 12:12

And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households together, rejoicing in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten of it while in mourning; I have not removed any of it while I was unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God, doing just as you commanded me.

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.