Nehemiah 8:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 8:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 8:12 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 8:12 — KJV
“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.”
— Nehemiah 8:12 (KJV)
Nehemiah 8:12 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.
Cross-References for Nehemiah 8:12
“For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 8:12: people, went, way
“For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 8:12: people, eat, make
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 8:12: people, went, eat
“Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 8:12: people, eat, great
“And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. both...: Heb. from small even unto great”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 8:12: people, went, eat
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