Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Jews
Bible References
Jews
Esther 4:1
And Mordecai understood all that was done, and Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the middle of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Had light
Esther 9:17
And on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day of the same, they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Psalm 18:28
For You will light my candle; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
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 shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Proverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked are destroyed, there is singing.
Isaiah 30:29
You shall have a song, as in the keeping of a holy feast night; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of Jehovah, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.