Nehemiah 6
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Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

For they

Nehemiah 6:14 My God, think you on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their …

Nehemiah 4:10-14 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, …

2 Chronicles 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech to the people …

Their hands

2 Chronicles 15:7 Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your …

Ezra 4:1-24 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children …

Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees…

Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …

Hebrews 12:12 Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Now therefore

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning …

Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Psalm 71:1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

Psalm 68:35 O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel …

Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with …

Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …

Zechariah 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and …

2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength …

Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to …

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.

1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory …

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Shemaiah

Nehemiah 6:12 And, see, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced …

Ezra 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, …

Ezra 10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Proverbs 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge …

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, …

shut up

2 Kings 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from …

Jeremiah 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go …

Ezekiel 3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet, and spoke …

Let us meet

Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips …

Psalm 37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

Psalm 120:2,3 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue…

the house

1 Kings 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, …

2 Kings 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah …

let us shut

2 Chronicles 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut …

2 Chronicles 29:3,7 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the …

Malachi 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? …

Acts 21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they …

in the night

Job 24:13-17 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the …

John 3:20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the …

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

that I should

Proverbs 29:5 A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Isaiah 51:7,12,13 Listen to me, you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart …

Isaiah 57:11 And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and …

Jeremiah 1:17 You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all …

Ezekiel 2:6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of …

Ezekiel 13:17 Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of …

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul…

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of …

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, …

and sin

James 4:17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

and that they

Nehemiah 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu …

Proverbs 22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving …

Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death …

report, that

Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; …

Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say …

Daniel 6:4,5 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel …

Matthew 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle …

Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false …

Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak …

2 Corinthians 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them …

1 Timothy 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house…

Titus 2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary …

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

My God

Nehemiah 5:19 Think on me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done …

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from …

Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for …

think thou

Nehemiah 4:4,5 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on …

Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, …

Psalm 36:11,12 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of …

Psalm 140:5-11 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a …

Jeremiah 11:20-23 But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the reins …

Jeremiah 18:20-23 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dig a pit for my …

2 Timothy 4:14,15 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according …

1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall …

on the prophetess

1 Kings 22:22-24 And the LORD said to him, With which? And he said, I will go forth, …

Isaiah 9:14,15 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch …

Jeremiah 14:15,18 Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy …

Jeremiah 28:1,10,15 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign …

Ezekiel 13:16,17 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, …

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, …

Matthew 24:11,24 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many…

2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist …

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked …

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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