Verse 16

The Jews{H3064} had light{H219}, and gladness{H8057}, and joy{H8342}, and honour{H3366}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light{H216} is sown{H2232}{(H8803)} for the righteous{H6662}, and gladness{H8057} for the upright{H3477} in heart{H3820}.
  • Prov 11:10 : 10 When it goeth well{H2898} with the righteous{H6662}, the city{H7151} rejoiceth{H5970}{(H8799)}: and when the wicked{H7563} perish{H6}{(H8800)}, there is shouting{H7440}.
  • Esth 4:1-3 : 1 When Mordecai{H4782} perceived{H3045}{(H8804)} all that was done{H6213}{(H8738)}, Mordecai{H4782} rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and put on{H3847}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} with ashes{H665}, and went out{H3318}{(H8799)} into the midst{H8432} of the city{H5892}, and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} and a bitter{H4751} cry{H2201}; 2 And came{H935}{(H8799)} even before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate{H8179}: for none might enter{H935}{(H8800)} into the king's{H4428} gate{H8179} clothed{H3830} with sackcloth{H8242}. 3 And in every province{H4082}, whithersoever{H4725} the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} came{H5060}{(H8688)}, there was great{H1419} mourning{H60} among the Jews{H3064}, and fasting{H6685}, and weeping{H1065}, and wailing{H4553}; and many{H7227} lay{H3331}{(H8714)} in sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665}.
  • Ps 30:5-9 : 5 For his anger{H639} endureth but a moment{H7281}; in his favour{H7522} is life{H2416}: weeping{H1065} may endure{H3885}{(H8799)} for a night{H6153}, but joy{H7440} cometh in the morning{H1242}. 6 And in my prosperity{H7959} I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I shall never{H5769} be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}. 7 LORD{H3068}, by thy favour{H7522} thou hast made my mountain{H2042} to stand{H5975}{(H8689)} strong{H5797}: thou didst hide{H5641}{(H8689)} thy face{H6440}, and I was troubled{H926}{(H8737)}. 8 I cried{H7121}{(H8799)} to thee, O LORD{H3068}; and unto the LORD{H3068} I made supplication{H2603}{(H8691)}. 9 What profit{H1215} is there in my blood{H1818}, when I go down{H3381}{(H8800)} to the pit{H7845}? Shall the dust{H6083} praise{H3034}{(H8686)} thee? shall it declare{H5046}{(H8686)} thy truth{H571}? 10 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, and have mercy{H2603}{(H8798)} upon me: LORD{H3068}, be thou my helper{H5826}{(H8802)}. 11 Thou hast turned{H2015}{(H8804)} for me my mourning{H4553} into dancing{H4234}: thou hast put off{H6605}{(H8765)} my sackcloth{H8242}, and girded{H247}{(H8762)} me with gladness{H8057};
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, gather together{H3664}{(H8798)} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672}{(H8737)} in Shushan{H7800}, and fast{H6684}{(H8798)} ye for me, and neither eat{H398}{(H8799)} nor drink{H8354}{(H8799)} three{H7969} days{H3117}, night{H3915} or day{H3117}: I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684}{(H8799)} likewise; and so{H3651} will I go{H935}{(H8799)} in unto the king{H4428}, which is not according to the law{H1881}: and if I perish{H6}{(H8804)}, I perish{H6}{(H8804)}.
  • Esth 9:17 : 17 On the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar{H143}; and on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day of the same rested{H5118} they, and made{H6213}{(H8800)} it a day{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness{H8057}.
  • Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light{H215}{(H8686)} my candle{H5216}: the LORD{H3068} my God{H430} will enlighten{H5050}{(H8686)} my darkness{H2822}.
  • Isa 30:29-30 : 29 Ye shall have a song{H7892}, as in the night{H3915} when a holy{H6942} solemnity{H2282} is kept{H6942}{(H8692)}; and gladness{H8057} of heart{H3824}, as when one goeth{H1980}{(H8802)} with a pipe{H2485} to come{H935}{(H8800)} into the mountain{H2022} of the LORD{H3068}, to the mighty One{H6697} of Israel{H3478}. 30 And the LORD{H3068} shall cause his glorious{H1935} voice{H6963} to be heard{H8085}{(H8689)}, and shall shew{H7200}{(H8686)} the lighting down{H5183} of his arm{H2220}, with the indignation{H2197} of his anger{H639}, and with the flame{H3851} of a devouring{H398}{(H8802)} fire{H784}, with scattering{H5311}, and tempest{H2230}, and hailstones{H68}{H1259}.
  • Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed{H6299}{(H8803)} of the LORD{H3068} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and come{H935}{(H8804)} to Zion{H6726} with songs{H7440} and everlasting{H5769} joy{H8057} upon their heads{H7218}: they shall obtain{H5381}{(H8686)} joy{H8057} and gladness{H8342}, and sorrow{H3015} and sighing{H585} shall flee away{H5127}{(H8804)}.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright{H3477} there ariseth{H2224}{(H8804)} light{H216} in the darkness{H2822}: he is gracious{H2587}, and full of compassion{H7349}, and righteous{H6662}.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path{H734} of the just{H6662} is as the shining{H5051} light{H216}, that shineth{H215}{(H8804)} more{H1980}{(H8802)} and more unto the perfect{H3559}{(H8737)} day{H3117}. 19 The way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} is as darkness{H653}: they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not at what they stumble{H3782}{(H8735)}.