Nehemiah 5:8

American Standard Version (1901)

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 25:47-49 : 47 And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family; 48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him; 49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.
  • Deut 24:7 : 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
  • Job 29:10 : 10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
  • Job 32:15 : 15 They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.
  • Matt 22:12 : 12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
  • Matt 25:15 : 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey.
  • Matt 25:29 : 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
  • 1 Cor 8:11 : 11 For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.
  • Exod 21:16 : 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 5:1-7
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    82%

    1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

    2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

    3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

    4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

    5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already] : neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

    6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

    7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

  • Neh 5:9-12
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    79%

    9Also 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?

    10And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

    11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

    12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

  • Esth 7:4
    76%

    4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

  • Ezra 5:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

    9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

    10We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

    11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

  • Neh 5:16
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    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.

  • Neh 10:31
    73%

    31and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

  • Ezra 5:3-5
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    73%

    3At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

    4Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.

    5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

  • Neh 2:20
    72%

    20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 2:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    17Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

    18And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work] .

  • Ezra 9:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the [ ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

    10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

  • 2 Chr 28:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but] are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God? [

    11Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

  • Amos 8:6
    71%

    6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  • Neh 4:2
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    2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

  • Ezra 8:22
    71%

    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.

  • Ezra 8:25
    70%

    25and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

  • Ezra 9:14
    70%

    14shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

  • Neh 13:27
    70%

    27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

  • Joel 3:7
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    7behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

  • Neh 4:11-12
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    70%

    11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

    12And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.

  • Neh 1:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

    3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

  • Ezra 10:2
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    2And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

  • Joel 3:4
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    4Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.

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    12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.

  • Gen 31:15
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    15Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

  • Neh 4:15
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    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.

  • Neh 13:21
    69%

    21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

  • Ezra 6:8
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    8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

  • Gen 44:7
    69%

    7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

  • Ezra 8:17
    69%

    17And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.