Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Jews
Bible References
Jews
Esther 4:1
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and a bitter cry
Psalm 30:5
For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Had light
Esther 9:17
on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested and made it a day of banquet and gladness.
Psalm 18:28
For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.
Proverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are feasts.
Isaiah 30:29
Ye shall have a song, as in the night in which the Passover is kept and gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of the LORD to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall retain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.