Nehemiah 2:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.”
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“I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 2:12 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:22During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
- Joshua 10:9After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.
- Judges 6:27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
- Judges 9:32Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
- Psalms 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- Proverbs 12:23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Ecclesiastes 3:7a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 2:14So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- 2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
- James 1:16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- Revelation 17:17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
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