Nehemiah 5:1

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There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

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  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay in helping them?
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 The next day, he appeared to two of them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting each other?'
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! 7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead, you yourselves wrong and cheat—and you do this to your brothers and sisters.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
  • Exod 22:25-27 : 25 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets. 26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. 27 Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.
  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you. 36 Do not take interest or profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. 37 You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother. 8 Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake. 11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.
  • Job 31:38-39 : 38 If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,
  • Job 34:28 : 28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 5:2-8
    7 verses
    80%

    2Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.'

    3Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.'

    4Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.'

    5'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

    6When I heard their outcry and these words, I became extremely angry.

    7I 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.

    8I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word.

  • Ezra 3:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12But many of the priests, Levites, and family heads—the elderly who had seen the first temple—were weeping loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.

    13The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of weeping, because the people were shouting so loudly, and the sound was heard far away.

  • Neh 4:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12Every builder had his sword strapped to his side as he worked, and the one who sounded the trumpet stood beside me.

    13So I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, 'The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another along the wall.'

    14Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather to us there. Our God will fight for us.

  • 2 Chr 32:18
    69%

    18They called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

  • Neh 4:1
    68%

    1When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.

  • Neh 8:1
    68%

    1All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  • Ezra 10:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping, and falling facedown in front of the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, because the people were weeping bitterly.

    2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But even now there is hope for Israel regarding this.

  • Esth 9:2
    68%

    2The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike those who sought their harm. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.

  • Ezra 10:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season, so we cannot stand outside. This matter cannot be resolved in a day or two because we have sinned greatly in this matter.

    14Let our leaders act on behalf of the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God regarding this matter is turned away from us.

  • Lam 5:11
    68%

    11Women in Zion were violated, virgins in the cities of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 29:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

    9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • Esth 8:11
    67%

    11The king’s decree gave the Jews in every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

  • Jer 9:18
    67%

    18'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'

  • Neh 13:27
    67%

    27Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?

  • 2 Chr 28:11
    67%

    11Now listen to me! Send back your captives whom you have taken from your relatives, for the LORD’s fierce anger is against you.

  • Esth 9:5
    67%

    5The Jews struck down their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they dealt with those who hated them as they pleased.

  • Neh 4:7
    67%

    7So I stationed people in the lowest parts behind the wall, in the open areas, and I positioned them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

  • Neh 5:11
    67%

    11Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, as well as the interest you are charging them—on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.

  • Num 14:1
    67%

    1Then the entire assembly raised their voices and cried, and the people wept throughout that night.

  • Ezra 3:1
    67%

    1When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in their cities, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.

  • Judg 21:15
    67%

    15The people of Israel grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.

  • Acts 6:1
    66%

    1During these days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there was a complaint by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrew-speaking Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

  • Neh 12:43
    66%

    43On that day, they sacrificed great offerings and rejoiced, because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, and the sound of Jerusalem's joy could be heard from afar.

  • Ezra 10:10
    66%

    10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel's guilt.

  • Job 35:9
    66%

    9People cry out because of the multitude of oppressions; they plead for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • Ezek 27:30
    66%

    30They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.

  • Judg 21:2
    66%

    2The people went to Bethel, where they stayed until evening weeping loudly before God.

  • Zeph 1:10
    66%

    10On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.

  • Jer 18:21
    66%

    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Ezek 9:1
    66%

    1Then he called out in a loud voice for me to hear, saying, 'Bring near those appointed to punish the city, each carrying his weapon of destruction in his hand.'

  • Ezra 4:1
    66%

    1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

  • Neh 13:24-25
    2 verses
    66%

    24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah.

    25So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

  • Esth 8:17
    66%

    17In every province and every city where the king's command and decree reached, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. And many of the peoples of the land became Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

  • Judg 21:22
    66%

    22'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

  • Dan 3:8
    66%

    8At that time, some Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
    66%

    5In those days, there was no peace for those who went out or those who came in, but great unrest troubled all the inhabitants of the lands.