Nehemiah 3:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

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  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead:
  • Neh 3:27 : 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that protrudes, even to the wall of Ophel.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Jer 27:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD to me; Make bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck,
  • Jer 27:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
  • Jer 27:12 : 12 I spoke also to Zedekiah, king of Judah, according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
  • Jer 30:8-9 : 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more enslave him. 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.
  • Acts 15:10 : 10 Now therefore why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
  • 1 Cor 1:26 : 26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share;
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 3:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.

    2And next to him built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.

    3But the fish gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah, who also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

    4Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

  • Neh 3:16-32
    17 verses
    79%

    16After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half of Bethzur, to the place opposite the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was constructed, and to the house of the mighty.

    17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half of Keilah, in his section.

    18After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half of Keilah.

    19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.

    20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another section, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

    22And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

    23After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub opposite their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah by his house.

    24After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another section, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, even to the corner.

    25Palal the son of Uzai, opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower which protrudes from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

    26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that protrudes.

    27After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that protrudes, even to the wall of Ophel.

    28From above the horse gate the priests repaired, each opposite his house.

    29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

    30After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another section. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah opposite his chamber.

    31After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son to the place of the Nethinims and of the merchants, opposite the gate Miphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.

    32And between the ascent of the corner to the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

  • Neh 3:6-11
    6 verses
    75%

    6Moreover the old gate was repaired by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

    7And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor on this side of the river.

    8Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next to him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem to the broad wall.

    9And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half of Jerusalem.

    10And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even opposite his house. And next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.

    11Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another section, and the tower of the furnaces.

  • Ezra 5:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3At the same time, Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, came to them and said, Who has commanded you to build this house and to finish this wall?

    4Then we said to them in this manner, What are the names of the men who are building this building?

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5And let them deliver it into the hand of those who do the work, who have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to those who do the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

    6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

  • Neh 2:16
    71%

    16And the rulers did not know where I had gone, or what I had done; I had not yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the rulers, or the rest who did the work.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14
    70%

    14for they gave it to the workmen and repaired the house of the LORD with it.

  • Ezra 6:7
    70%

    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 its place.

  • Neh 4:19
    70%

    19Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

  • Neh 5:16
    70%

    16Indeed, I also devoted myself to the work on this wall and did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • 2 Chr 34:10
    69%

    10And they put it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen who worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

  • Neh 4:10
    69%

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

  • Neh 4:17
    69%

    17Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked in the construction, and with the other held a weapon.

  • Neh 4:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.

    6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together up to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.

    7But it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were repaired, and the breaches began to be stopped, they were very angry,

  • 2 Chr 34:12
    69%

    12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all who were skilled in instruments of music.

  • Ezra 5:9
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    68%

    12and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

  • Neh 4:15
    68%

    15And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their plan to nothing, that we all returned to the wall, each to his work.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    68%

    13So the workmen worked, and the work was completed by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

  • Ezra 3:9
    68%

    9Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to supervise the workers in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.

  • Neh 6:1
    67%

    1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall, and there was no gap in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

  • 2 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.