Nehemiah 4:23

American Standard Version (1901)

So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one [went with] his weapon [to] the water.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 5:11 : 11 Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, [Even] the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
  • Judg 9:48 : 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
  • Neh 5:16 : 16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    83%

    21So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

    22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

  • Ezek 44:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

    18They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with [anything that causeth] sweat.

    19And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

  • Song 5:3
    70%

    3I have put off my garment; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

  • Neh 5:16
    70%

    16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

  • Lev 16:4
    69%

    4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.

  • Lev 15:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

    17And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Neh 7:3
    68%

    3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

  • Jer 36:24
    67%

    24And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • Neh 4:15-19
    5 verses
    67%

    15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

    16And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

    17They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

    18and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

    19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

  • Ezra 8:15
    67%

    15And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

  • Neh 2:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

    16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

  • Lev 14:47
    67%

    47And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

  • Ezra 4:14
    67%

    14Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

  • Neh 13:30
    67%

    30Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

  • Neh 2:12
    67%

    12And 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.

  • Deut 23:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

    11but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

  • Lev 17:16
    66%

    16But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Neh 4:9
    66%

    9But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

  • Neh 9:1
    66%

    1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

  • Ezra 8:21-22
    2 verses
    66%

    21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

    22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

  • Dan 3:21
    66%

    21Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

  • John 13:4
    66%

    4riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself.

  • Ezra 9:3-5
    3 verses
    66%

    3And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

    4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.

    5And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;

  • Job 24:7
    66%

    7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

  • Dan 3:27
    66%

    27And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

  • Num 31:20
    66%

    20And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.

  • Ezek 23:15
    66%

    15girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

  • Neh 13:22
    65%

    22And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.

  • Esth 4:4
    65%

    4And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.

  • Num 31:24
    65%

    24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

  • Num 8:7
    65%

    7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

  • Lev 15:5
    65%

    5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Acts 21:23
    65%

    23Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;

  • 1 Chr 19:4
    65%

    4So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

  • Ezra 8:24
    65%

    24Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

  • Neh 12:30
    65%

    30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

  • Lev 15:27
    65%

    27And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.