Nehemiah 8:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

To send

Nehemiah 8:10

To make

Psalm 126:1

Because

General references

Deuteronomy 16:14

Bible References

To send

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

To make

{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Because

And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all wealth.

When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:

Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning in us as he spoke to us on the way, and as he opened the scriptures to us?

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right I find not.

General references

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.