Nehemiah 5:2

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

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  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'
  • Gen 43:8 : 8 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they confront their enemies at the gate.
  • Ps 128:2-4 : 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.

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  • Neh 5:3-12
    10 verses
    84%

    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.

    9Then I said, 'What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies?'

    10I and my brothers and my men are also lending money and grain, but let us stop charging interest on them.

    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.

    12'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

  • Neh 5:1
    80%

    1There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

  • Ezra 10:13
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 144:13
    71%

    13May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields.

  • Gen 42:2
    71%

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

  • 2 Chr 29:9
    70%

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

  • Neh 10:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

    31They pledged not to give their daughters in marriage to the peoples of the land or to take their daughters for their sons.

  • Lam 5:9
    70%

    9We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.

  • Lam 5:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

    4We must pay for the water we drink; even our wood comes at a price.

  • Lam 5:6
    70%

    6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
    70%

    5'Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. The barren woman has borne seven children, but she who has many sons languishes.'

  • Josh 2:13
    70%

    13that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."

  • Neh 4:12
    69%

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

  • Gen 42:5
    69%

    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

  • Judg 21:22
    69%

    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."'

  • Amos 8:6
    69%

    6Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'

  • Gen 47:19
    69%

    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

  • Jer 35:9
    69%

    9We do not build houses to live in, or own vineyards, fields, or seed.

  • Neh 9:37
    68%

    37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

  • Neh 2:17
    68%

    17Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace."

  • Jer 29:6
    68%

    6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

  • Neh 5:16
    68%

    16Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We did not acquire any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • Num 14:3
    68%

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Acts 7:11
    68%

    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 43:2
    68%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Neh 10:37
    68%

    37We agreed to bring the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.

  • Ezra 5:9
    68%

    9'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • Ezra 8:21
    68%

    21I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from Him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our possessions.

  • Ezra 10:2
    68%

    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.

  • Neh 4:14
    67%

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

  • Jer 44:17
    67%

    17Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster.

  • Ezra 5:4
    67%

    4They also asked, 'What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?'

  • Esth 7:4
    67%

    4For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, because no harm to the king would justify disturbing him in this way."