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 103:1–2Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
• 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give 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, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Ps 72:18–19Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
• Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
• Ps 117:1–2O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• Ps 106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
• 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
• Jer 33:10–11Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
• Ps 145:11–12They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
• 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
• 1 Kgs 8:14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
• 1 Chr 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• 2 Chr 20:13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
• 1 Kgs 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
• Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• 2 Chr 20:19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
• Deut 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
• Exod 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
• Ps 134:1Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
• Eph 3:20–21Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
• Ps 16:2O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
• Ps 145:2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
• Ps 145:5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
• 1 Chr 29:20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
• Ps 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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