Nehemiah 9:5

The Levites called the people to rise and bless God's glorious, exalted name forever. It matters because confession opens into doxology, exalting God above all praise.

Cross-references · 27

• Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
• 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Ps 72:18–19Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
• Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
• Ps 117:1–2Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Ps 106:2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
• 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
• Jer 33:10–11This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
• Ps 145:11–12They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
• 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
• 1 Kgs 8:14And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
• 1 Chr 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
• 2 Chr 20:13Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
• Exod 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
• 2 Chr 20:19And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.
• Deut 28:58If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
• Exod 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
• Ps 134:1A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
• Eph 3:20–21Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
• Ps 16:2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
• Ps 145:2Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
• Ps 145:5the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
• 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
• Ps 146:2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

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