Nehemiah 4:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joid together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

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  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  • 1 Chr 29:14 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-18 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
  • 2 Chr 29:36 : 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
  • Neh 6:15 : 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • 2 Cor 8:16-17 : 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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  • Neh 4:7-11
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    83%

    7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

    8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

    9vertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

    10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

    11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, ither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

  • Neh 4:15-22
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    81%

    15And it came to pass, when our emies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returd all of us to the wall, every o unto his work.

    16And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

    17They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every o with o of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

    18For the builders, every o had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

    19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, o far from another.

    20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

    21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

    22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every o with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

  • Neh 4:1-3
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    79%

    1But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

    2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stos out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burd?

    3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their sto wall.

  • Neh 2:17-20
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    17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burd with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

    18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthed their hands for this good work.

    19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

    20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 6:15-16
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    78%

    15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

    16And it came to pass, that when all our emies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

  • Neh 6:1-2
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    77%

    1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our emies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

    2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some o of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

  • Neh 4:5
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    5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  • Ezra 4:3-4
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    3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

    4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

  • Neh 5:16
    76%

    16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, ither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    76%

    8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

    9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

  • Ezra 5:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

    4Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

  • Ezra 4:12-13
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    76%

    12Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

    13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

  • Ezra 4:1
    75%

    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

  • Neh 12:38
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    38And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

  • Neh 6:9
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    9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weaked from the work, that it be not do. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

  • Neh 6:6
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    6Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

  • Neh 7:4
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    4Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

  • Ezra 6:7
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    7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

  • Ezra 1:5-6
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    5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

    6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
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    13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

  • Ezra 3:1
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    1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
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    6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  • Ezra 4:23
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    23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

  • Ezra 4:16
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    16We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

  • Ezra 5:11
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    11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

  • Ezra 9:9
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    9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.