Nehemiah 6:8

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I sent a reply to him, saying, "No such things as you are saying have occurred. You are inventing them in your own mind."

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  • Ps 52:2 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'
  • Job 13:4 : 4 Yet you, however, are smearers of falsehood; all of you are worthless physicians.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 Both kings, with their hearts set on evil, will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but their plans will not succeed, for the end will still come at the appointed time.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Acts 24:12-13 : 12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city. 13 Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.
  • Acts 25:7 : 7 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.
  • Acts 25:10 : 10 Paul said, 'I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself clearly know.'

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    6In it was written: "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel. That is why you are building the wall, and you want to be their king, according to these reports.

    7You have even appointed prophets to proclaim on your behalf in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' Now this report will get back to the king. So come, let us consult together."

  • Neh 6:9
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    9For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed." But now, strengthen my hands!

  • Jer 42:20
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    20For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'

  • Neh 6:12-14
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    12I realized that God had not sent him, but he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

    13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by acting this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.

    14Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these deeds of theirs, also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to intimidate me.

  • Jer 28:15
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    15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.'

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • Neh 6:2-3
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    2Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono." But they were planning to harm me.

    3So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?"

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    2The king asked me, "Why do you look so sad? You are not ill. This can only be sadness of heart." I was very afraid.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
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    4They replied, 'You have not defrauded us, oppressed us, or taken anything from anyone’s hand.'

  • Jer 14:14
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    14The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.

  • Jer 29:31
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    31Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite—Shemaiah has prophesied to you though I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie.

  • 2 Kgs 18:20
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    20You say—but they are only empty words—'I have counsel and strength for war.' Now, in whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

  • Neh 2:18
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    18I told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us arise and build!" So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

  • Neh 5:9
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    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?'

  • Ezek 13:6
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    6They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is the declaration of the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and they hope to fulfill their words.

  • 1 Kgs 10:6
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    6She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own land about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

  • Isa 37:10
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    10"This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

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  • Zech 8:15-17
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    15so now I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,

    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 9:12
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    12They said, 'That's not true! Tell us!' So he said, 'This is what he said to me: “This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.”'

  • Ezek 13:22
    68%

    22Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies when I had not caused them grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

  • Jer 7:8
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    8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

  • 2 Chr 32:15
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    15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you from my hand?

  • Neh 6:19
    68%

    19Moreover, they kept reporting his good deeds to me and sharing my words with him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

  • Ezra 4:18
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    18The letter you sent to us has been read and clearly understood before me.

  • Jer 23:17
    68%

    17They keep saying to those who despise the LORD, ‘The LORD says you will have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’

  • Ezra 7:14
    68%

    14For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your hand.

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    9For they are prophesying falsely in my name. I have not sent them, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 42:9
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    7But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?

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    21To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?

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    68%

    5She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom is true.

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    28But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face?

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    8Whose mouths speak falsehood and whose right hand is a right hand of deception.

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