Nehemiah 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?”
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“So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I say, `Not good <FI>is<Fi> the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 5:9 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
- Genesis 20:11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- 1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
- Nehemiah 4:4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Proverbs 17:26It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 19:2Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Ezekiel 36:20And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
- Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 2:24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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