Nehemiah 4:18 (NLT)
18 All the builders had a sword belted to their side. The trumpeter stayed with me to sound the alarm.
18 All the builders had a sword belted to their side. The trumpeter stayed with me to sound the alarm.
Archive THE BIBLE-Verse by Verse (Nehemiah Chapter 1 to 13)
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Nehemiah 4:19 (NLT)
19 Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.
19 Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.
Nehemiah 4:20 (NLT)
20 When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!”
20 When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!”
Nehemiah 4:21 (NLT) - 21 We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset. And half the men were always on guard.
Nehemiah 4:22 (NLT) - 22 I also told everyone living outside the walls to stay in Jerusalem. That way they and their servants could help with guard duty at night and work during the day.
Nehemiah 4:23 (NLT) - 23 During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.
Nehemiah 5:1 (NLT) - 1 About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
Nehemiah 5:2 (NLT) - 2 They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”
Nehemiah 5:3 (NLT) - 3 Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”
Nehemiah 5:4 (NLT)
4 And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
4 And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
Nehemiah 5:5 (NLT)
5 We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
5 We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
Nehemiah 5:6 (NLT)
6 When I heard their complaints, I was very angry.
6 When I heard their complaints, I was very angry.
Nehemiah 5:7 (NLT)
7 After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
7 After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
Nehemiah 5:8 (NLT)
At the meeting I said to them,"We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them? And they had nothing to say in their Defense.
At the meeting I said to them,"We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them? And they had nothing to say in their Defense.
Nehemiah 5:12 (NLT)
They replied, "We will give back everything and demand nothing more from the people. We will do as you say."
then I called the priests and made the nobles and officials swear to do as they had promised.
They replied, "We will give back everything and demand nothing more from the people. We will do as you say."
then I called the priests and made the nobles and officials swear to do as they had promised.
Nehemiah 5:13 (NLT)
I shook out the folds of my robe and said, "If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you out like this from your homes and from your property."
The whole assembly responded, "Amen," and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
I shook out the folds of my robe and said, "If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you out like this from your homes and from your property."
The whole assembly responded, "Amen," and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
Nehemiah 5:14 (NLT)
For the entire twelve years that I was governor__ from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.
For the entire twelve years that I was governor__ from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.
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