Nehemiah 8

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

  • 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength. 3
  • 8:6 And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. 1
  • 8:12 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. 1

American Standard Version

  1. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    October cites Neh 8:10

    … is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”-- Neh 8:10. JOY AND gladness is a very necessary element in human well-being. We cannot live our bes…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Neh 8: 6

    … 29: 2. ‘They bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.’ Neh 8: 6. Divine worship is the peculiar honour belonging to the Godhead; which God is jealous of,…

  3. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    Holiness and Happiness cites Neh. viii. 10–12

    …ll the people went their way to make great mirth, because they had understood the words.’—Neh. viii. 10–12. The deep significance of joy in the Christian life is hardly understood. It is too often…

  4. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    May cites Neh 8:12

    …e last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days.”-- Neh 8:12, Neh 8:17, Neh 8:18. GLADNESS IS health. If you can get a patient to look on the bright s…

  5. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    September cites Neh 8:10

    … amidst your own gladness and joy, send a portion unto them for whom nothing is prepared (Neh 8:10, 11, 12). PRAYER What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits to me? I will pra…