Nehemiah 4:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.

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  • Dan 9:25 : 25 Knowe therefore and vnderstande, that from the going foorth of the commaundement to bring againe the people, and to builde Ierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes, and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall euen in a troublous time.
  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me: and there are many aduersaries.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: quite you like men, and be strong.
  • 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand, and on the left,
  • Eph 6:11-20 : 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assaultes of the deuil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the worldly gouernours, the princes of the darkenesse of this worlde, against spirituall wickednesses, which are in ye hie places. 13 For this cause take vnto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the euill day, and hauing finished all things, stand fast. 14 Stand therefore, and your loynes girded about with veritie, and hauing on the brest plate of righteousnesse, 15 And your feete shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. 16 Aboue all, take the shielde of faith, wherewith ye may quench all the fierie dartes of the wicked, 17 And take the helmet of saluation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the worde of God. 18 And pray alwayes with all maner prayer and supplication in the Spirit: and watch thereunto with all perseuerance & supplication for al Saints, 19 And for me, that vtterance may be giuen vnto me, that I may open my mouth boldly to publish the secret of the Gospel, 20 Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 And in nothing feare your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of saluation, and that of God.
  • 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good souldier of Iesus Christ.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I haue fought a good fight, and haue finished my course: I haue kept the faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 4:18-22
    5 verses
    90%

    18For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.

    19Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.

    20In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.

    21So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

    22And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.

  • Neh 4:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.

    16And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the speares, and shieldes, and bowes, and habergins: and the rulers stoode behinde all the house of Iudah.

  • Neh 4:6-11
    6 verses
    80%

    6So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

    7But when Sanballat, & Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that the walles of Ierusalem were repayred, (for the breaches began to be stopped) then they were very wroth,

    8And conspired all together to come & to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

    9The we prayed vnto our God, & set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

    10And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

    11Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.

  • Neh 4:13
    76%

    13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, & placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.

  • Neh 5:16
    76%

    16But rather I fortified a portio in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.

  • Ezra 4:4
    76%

    4Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,

  • Neh 2:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.

    17Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.

    18Then I tolde them of the hande of my God, (which was good ouer me) and also of the Kings wordes that he had spoken vnto me; they sayd, Let vs rise, and buyld. So they strengthened their hand to good.

  • Ezra 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Then the chiefe fathers of Iudah & Beniamin, & the Priests & Leuites rose vp, with al them whose spirit God had raysed to goe vp, to builde the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem.

    6And all they that were about them, strengthened their handes with vessels of siluer, with golde, with substance and with cattell, and with precious thinges, besides all that was willingly offred.

  • Neh 12:38
    74%

    38And the seconde companie of them that gaue thankes, went on the other side, and I after them, and the halfe of the people was vpon the wal, and vpon the towre of the furnaces euen vnto the broad wall.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    74%

    13So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: & they restored the house of God to his state, & strengthened it.

  • Neh 6:9
    74%

    9For all they afrayed vs, saying, Their handes shalbe weakened from the worke, and it shall not be done: nowe therefore incourage thou me.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde, to repaire the decayed places of the house:

    6To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire the house.

  • Neh 6:16
    73%

    16And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, & their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.

  • Ezra 5:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3At the same time came to them Tatnai, which was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and their companions, and sayd thus vnto them, Who hath giuen you commaundement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundations of these walles?

    4Then sayde we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    72%

    15Moreouer thou hast workmen with thee enough, hewers of stone, and workemen for timber, and all men expert in euery worke.

  • Neh 4:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Bvt when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,

    2And sayde before his brethren and the armie of Samaria, thus he sayde, What doe these weake Iewes? wil they fortifie them selues? wil they sacrifice? will they finish it in a day? will they make the stones whole againe out of the heapes of dust, seeing they are burnt?

  • 2 Kgs 12:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And they gaue the money made readie into the handes of them, that vndertooke the worke, and that had the ouersight of the house of the Lord; and they payed it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought vpon the house of the Lord,

    12And to the masons and hewers of stone, and to bye timber and hewed stone, to repayre that was decayed in the house of the Lorde, and for all that which was layed out for the reparation of the Temple.

  • 2 Chr 34:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Euen to the workemen and to the builders gaue they it, to bye hewed stone and timber for couples and for beames of the houses, which the Kings of Iudah had destroyed.

    12And the men did the worke faithfully, & the ouerseers of them were Iahath and Obadiah the Leuites, of the children of Merari, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, of the children of the Kohathites to set it forward: and of the Leuites all that could skill of instruments of musike.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, & beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.

    9Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?

  • Ezra 3:9
    72%

    9And Ieshua stood with his sonnes, and his brethren, and Kadmiel with his sonnes, and the sonnes of Iudah together to set forward ye workemen in the house of God, and the sonnes of Henadad with their sonnes, and their brethren the Leuites.

  • Neh 3:19
    72%

    19And next vnto him fortified Ezer, the sonne of Ieshua the ruler of Mizpah, the other portion ouer against the going vp to the corner of the armour.

  • Isa 41:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong.

    7So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.

  • Ezra 4:12
    71%

    12Be it knowen vnto the King that ye Iewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come vnto Ierusalem (a citie rebellious and wicked) and buylde, and lay the foundations of the walles, and haue ioyned the foundations.

  • Ezra 4:1
    71%

    1Bvt the aduersaries of Iudah and Beniamin heard, that the children of the captiuitie builded the Temple vnto the Lord God of Israel.

  • Neh 3:2
    71%

    2And next vnto him buylded the men of Iericho, and beside him Zaccur the sonne of Imri.

  • Ezra 6:7
    71%

    7Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.

  • Hag 2:4
    70%

    4(2:5) Yet nowe be of good courage, O Zerubbabel, sayth the Lord, and be of good comfort, O Iehoshua, sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest: and be strong, all ye people of the land, sayth the Lorde, and doe it: for I am with you, sayth the Lord of hostes,

  • Zech 8:9
    70%

    9Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Let your hands be strong, ye that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day, that the foundation of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide, that the Temple might be builded.

  • Neh 3:4
    70%

    4And next vnto them fortified Merimoth, the sonne of Vrijah, the sonne of Hakkoz: and next vnto them fortified Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Meshezabeel: and next vnto them fortified Zadok, the sonne of Baana:

  • Zech 4:9
    70%

    9The handes of Zerubbabel haue layde the foundation of this house: his handes shall also finish it, and thou shalt knowe that the Lorde of hostes hath sent me vnto you.