Verse 34

because I so feared the crowd and the contempt of clans terrified me that I kept silent and would not go outside—

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.
  • Exod 32:27 : 27 Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man put his sword on his side. Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor.'"
  • Num 25:14-15 : 14 The name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a Simeonite family. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a family in Midian.
  • Neh 5:7 : 7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them.
  • Neh 13:4-8 : 4 Before this occurred, Eliashib the priest, who had been assigned to the chambers of the house of our God, was closely associated with Tobiah. 5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, incense, temple articles, tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were prescribed for the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. 6 While all of this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later, I asked the king for permission to leave. 7 I returned to Jerusalem and understood the evil thing that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God. 8 I was greatly displeased, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household belongings out of the room.
  • Neh 13:28 : 28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.
  • Esth 4:11 : 11 ‘All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for anyone—man or woman—who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, there is one law: they are to be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing them to live. But I have not been summoned to come to the king for thirty days.’
  • Esth 4:14 : 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.
  • Job 22:8 : 8 But the powerful man owns the land, and the honored man dwells in it.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Rescue those being taken to death and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter, if you can. 12 If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be kept safe.
  • Jer 38:4-5 : 4 The officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death, because he is discouraging the soldiers who remain in the city and all the people by speaking these words to them. He is not seeking the welfare of this people, but only their harm." 5 King Zedekiah replied, "He is in your hands. The king can do nothing to oppose you."
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 But King Zedekiah swore an oath secretly to Jeremiah, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us breath, I will neither put you to death nor hand you over to those who want to kill you."
  • Jer 38:19 : 19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them, and they will mistreat me."
  • Amos 5:11-13 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine. 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate. 13 Therefore, the prudent person will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Matt 27:20-26 : 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death. 21 The governor asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' They answered, 'Barabbas.' 22 Pilate said to them, 'Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Christ?' They all said, 'Let Him be crucified!' 23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!' 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.' 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!' 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; but after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.