100 Bible Verses About Festivals
Bible verses about Festivals
Exploring festivals through the lens of scripture reveals more than just celebratory events; it unveils God's rhythm for humanity. The Bible's festivals are not mere historical relics, but powerful reminders of God's provision, deliverance, and covenant with His people. Understanding these appointed times allows us to connect with ancient traditions, grasp the prophetic significance woven within them, and discover deeper meaning in our own spiritual journeys. By studying the biblical context of festivals, we can realign our celebrations with God's intentions and experience His blessings in a more profound way. It’s an invitation to remember, rejoice, and renew our commitment to His divine plan.
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Psalms 107:8 (KJV)
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
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.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed–edom with joy.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
The Bible’s verses on festivals offer a rich tapestry of meaning, illuminating God's provision, remembrance of His mighty acts, and the importance of communal celebration. From Passover's liberation narrative to the joy of Sukkot's harvest, these observances were not merely rituals, but profound opportunities for spiritual renewal and societal bonding. Examining these scriptures allows us to appreciate the historical context of these feasts and glean timeless principles applicable to our own lives. Whether observing traditional festivals or creating our own moments of gratitude and fellowship, these verses encourage us to reflect on God's blessings, remember His faithfulness, and cultivate a spirit of celebration within our hearts and communities. May we embrace opportunities to gather, remember, and rejoice in the goodness of God, allowing these ancient traditions to inspire a deeper connection with Him and with one another.