Esther 8:16
"The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour."
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- Psalms 97:11
"Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:10
"When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 18:28
"For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."
Read in chapter → - Esther 4:1
"When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 30:5
"For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 35:10
"And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."
Read in chapter → - Esther 9:17
"On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 112:4
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 30:29
"Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Esther 4:16
"Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish."
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