Esther 9:22
As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
Psalm 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing. You loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.
Esther 9:19
So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.
Exodus 13:3-8
Moses said to the people: Remember this day in the month of Abib. It is the day Jehovah's mighty power rescued you from slavery in Egypt. Do not eat anything made with yeast.
Nehemiah 8:10-12
He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.
Esther 3:12-13
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were summoned. They put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people. It was to be for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs. It was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
Psalm 103:2
With all my heart I praise Jehovah! Do not forget how kind he has been.
Isaiah 12:1-2
In that day you will say: I will praise you, O Jehovah. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
Isaiah 14:3
When that day comes, Jehovah will give you relief from your pain and suffering, from the hard slavery you were forced to do.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Luke 11:41
Give that which is within as charity. Then all things are clean for you.
John 16:20-22
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Acts 2:44-46
All those who believed stayed together. They held all things in common.
Galatians 2:10
They wanted us to remember the poor. I was eager (zealous) to do this very thing.