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

Then 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: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

To make

When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

Because

And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

General references

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.