Nehemiah 4:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together up to half its height: 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 given of my own proper goods, 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 as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-18 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You:
  • 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 on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
  • 2 Cor 8:16-17 : 16 But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being very earnest, of his own accord he went to you.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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  • Neh 4:7-11
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    83%

    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,

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

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

    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.

    11And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see anything until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

  • Neh 4:15-22
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    81%

    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.

    16And it came to pass from that time on, that half of my servants did the work, and the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the armor; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah.

    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.

    18For every builder had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

    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.

    20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.

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

    22At the same time I also said to the people, Let every man and his servant stay at night in Jerusalem, that they may be a guard to us by night, and a labor force by day.

  • Neh 4:1-3
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    1But it happened that when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

    2And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned?

    3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall.

  • Neh 2:17-20
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    17Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.

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

    19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? Will you rebel against the king?

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

  • Neh 6:15-16
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    15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

    16And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they realized that this work was done by our God.

  • Neh 6:1-2
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    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;)

    2That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they planned to harm me.

  • Neh 4:5
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    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.

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

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

  • Neh 5:16
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    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.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    8Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and this work is going on rapidly and prospers in their hands.

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

  • Ezra 5:3-4
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    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?

  • Ezra 4:12-13
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    12Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us are come to Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls and joined the foundations.

    13Be it known now to the king, that, if this city is built, and the walls set up again, then they will not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so you will harm the revenue of the kings.

  • Ezra 4:1
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    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel,

  • Neh 12:38
    74%

    38The other company of those who gave thanks went opposite them, and I after them, and half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the Tower of the Furnaces even to the Broad Wall;

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

  • Neh 6:6
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    6In which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says it, that you and the Jews plan to rebel: therefore you are building the wall, that you may be their king, according to these reports.

  • Neh 7:4
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    4Now the city was large and spacious, but the people were few in it, and the houses were not built.

  • 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 its place.

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

    6And all those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
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    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 3:1
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    1And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7Therefore he said to Judah, 'Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet at peace; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought Him, and He has 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 to 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 is built again, and the walls set up, by this means you will have no portion on this side of the river.

  • Ezra 5:11
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    11And they returned an answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

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