Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Bible References

All the people

Romans 3:20
Wherefore by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:9
And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:
2 Corinthians 7:9
However, now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were grieved after a godly manner, so that ye received no damage from us.