Nehemiah 7:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 58:12 : 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
  • Hag 1:4-6 : 4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:14
    77%

    14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

  • Neh 4:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    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:

  • Neh 7:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

    6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

    7who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

  • Neh 7:3
    74%

    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.

  • Neh 1:3
    73%

    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 4:4
    73%

    4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

  • Zech 2:4
    73%

    4and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

  • Neh 4:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half [the height] thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

    7But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

  • Ezra 3:1
    72%

    1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

  • Neh 7:1
    72%

    1Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

  • Neh 2:17
    72%

    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.

  • Neh 11:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.

    2And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

    3Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, [to wit], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • Isa 22:10
    72%

    10and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

  • Ezra 4:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

    16We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.

  • Ezra 4:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

    13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the kings.

  • Isa 5:9
    71%

    9In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

  • Neh 4:10
    71%

    10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

  • Ezra 5:4
    70%

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

  • Neh 6:1
    70%

    1Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

  • Ezra 5:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    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?

  • Ezra 6:4
    70%

    4with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • Neh 4:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

    14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

  • Ezra 1:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

    5Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    70%

    7For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  • Ezra 4:1
    70%

    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

  • Ezra 6:7
    70%

    7let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

  • Neh 4:22
    70%

    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.

  • Hag 1:4
    70%

    4Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

  • Ezra 5:16
    69%

    16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

  • Ezek 11:3
    69%

    3that say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

  • Hag 1:9
    69%

    9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

  • Jer 31:38
    69%

    38Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

  • Neh 8:16
    69%

    16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

  • Neh 5:16
    69%

    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.

  • Ezra 4:21
    69%

    21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

  • Ezra 2:70
    69%

    70So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Ps 122:3
    69%

    3Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;

  • Hag 2:3
    69%

    3Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?