Nehemiah 8:10

Nehemiah urged them to feast, share with the needy, and not grieve, for the joy of the LORD was their strength. Joy in God, not sorrow, was to mark this holy day.

Cross-references · 24

• Ps 28:7–8The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
• Prov 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
• 2 Cor 12:8–9Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
• Eccl 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• Isa 12:1–3In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
• Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
• Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
• Esth 9:19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
• 2 Cor 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
• Esth 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
• Eccl 3:13and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
• Eccl 2:24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
• Phil 3:4though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
• Isa 35:1–4The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
• 1 Tim 6:17–18Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Eccl 5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
• Song 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
• Isa 6:7–8And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
• Eccl 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
• Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
• Job 31:16–18If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• Deut 26:11–13So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
• Rev 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

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