Nehemiah 3:5

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The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.

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  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her,“Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.
  • Neh 3:27 : 27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them. 5 I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the LORD demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them.” Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.
  • Jer 27:2 : 2 The LORD told me,“Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
  • Jer 27:8 : 8 But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to him. I, the LORD, affirm that I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it with war, starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it.
  • Jer 27:12 : 12 I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said,“Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.
  • Jer 30:8-9 : 8 When the time for them to be rescued comes,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will rescue you from foreign subjugation. I will deliver you from captivity. Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them. 9 But they will be subject to the LORD their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 ¶ Introduction The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Acts 15:10 : 10 So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
  • 1 Cor 1:26 : 26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-18 : 17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angel;‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 3:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1The Names of the Builders Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

    2The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

    3The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    4Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them.

  • Neh 3:16-32
    17 verses
    79%

    16Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

    17After him the Levites worked– Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

    18After him their relatives worked– Binnui son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah.

    19Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

    20After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.

    22After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district.

    23After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

    24After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.

    25After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

    26and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

    27After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

    28Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

    29After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

    30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.

    31After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.

    32And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

  • Neh 3:6-11
    6 verses
    75%

    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    7Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

    8Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

    9Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

    10Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

    11Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

  • Ezra 5:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked,“Who gave you authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?”

    4They also asked them,“What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

    6including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

  • Neh 2:16
    71%

    16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14
    70%

    14It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the LORD’s temple.

  • Ezra 6:7
    70%

    7Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.

  • Neh 4:19
    70%

    19I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,“The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.

  • Neh 5:16
    70%

    16I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work.

  • 2 Chr 34:10
    69%

    10They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

  • Neh 4:10
    69%

    10Then those in Judah said,“The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

  • Neh 4:17
    69%

    17who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.

  • Neh 4:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

    6So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

    7(4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.

  • 2 Chr 34:12
    69%

    12The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah(Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam(descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

  • Ezra 5:9
    68%

    9We inquired of those elders, asking them,‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    68%

    12as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.

  • Neh 4:15
    68%

    15It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    68%

    13They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.

  • Ezra 3:9
    68%

    9So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, Kadmiel and his sons(the sons of Yehudah), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives the Levites.

  • Neh 6:1
    67%

    1Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it(even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

  • 2 Kgs 12:6
    67%

    6By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.