Nehemiah 6:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then I said, Should such a man as I, flee? Who is he, being as I am, that would go into the Temple to liue? I will not goe in.

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  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
  • Ps 11:1-2 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. In the Lorde put I my trust: howe say yee then to my soule, Flee to your mountaine as a birde? 2 For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
  • Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he shall neuer be moued: but the righteous shalbe had in euerlasting remembrance.
  • Ps 112:8 : 8 His heart is stablished: therefore he will not feare, vntill he see his desire vpon his enemies.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, and sayd, What doe ye weeping and breaking mine heart? For I am ready not to be bound onely, but also to die at Hierusalem for the Name of the Lord Iesus.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I bee offered vp vpon the sacrifice, and seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 Then said he vnto them, Goe ye and tell that foxe, Beholde, I cast out deuils, and will heale still to day, and to morowe, and the third day I shalbe perfected. 33 Neuerthelesse I must walke to day, and to morowe, and the day following: for it cannot be that a Prophet should perish out of Hierusalem.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because that for the woorke of Christ he was neere vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfill that seruice which was lacking on your part towarde me.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause to stinke, & putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a litle follie him that is in estimation for wisedome, and for glorie.
  • Num 32:7-9 : 7 Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lorde hath giuen them? 8 Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the lande. 9 For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eshcol, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the childre of Israel, that they woulde not goe into the lande, which the Lorde had giuen them.
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he did put his life in daunger, and slew the Philistim, and the Lord wrought a great saluation for al Israel: thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause?
  • Neh 6:3 : 3 Therefore I sent messengers vnto them, saying, I haue a great worke to doe, and I can not come downe: why should the worke cease, whiles I leaue it, and come downe to you?
  • Neh 6:9 : 9 For all they afrayed vs, saying, Their handes shalbe weakened from the worke, and it shall not be done: nowe therefore incourage thou me.
  • Job 4:3-6 : 3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands. 4 Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees. 5 But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
  • Isa 10:18 : 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitfull fieldes both soule and flesh: and he shalbe as ye fainting of a standard bearer.
  • Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul consented to his death, and at that time, there was a great persecution against the Church which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abroad thorowe the regions of Iudea and of Samaria, except the Apostles.

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