Nehemiah 1
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1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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2That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
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4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
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8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
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9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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Nehemiah 1:1
Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Z...Zechariah 7:1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD...Esther 1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, wh...Daniel 8:2And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in...Ezra 7:7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Le...
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Nehemiah 7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over...Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they sha...Ezra 9:8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leav...Ezekiel 24:26That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it...Jeremiah 44:14So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to s...
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Nehemiah 2:17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth...2 Kings 25:10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake...Ezra 5:8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house...Nehemiah 2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenanc...Nehemiah 7:6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of th...
Nehemiah 1:4
Daniel 9:3¶ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with...Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zi...Ezra 10:1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself...Psalms 102:13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the...Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the...
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Exodus 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the...Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a might...Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth...Nehemiah 4:14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to t...
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Daniel 9:20¶ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of m...Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the...Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cr...Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wicked...2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be atte...
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Daniel 9:5We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have re...Daniel 9:11Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might no...Daniel 9:13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we...Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wicked...2 Chronicles 27:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
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Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth...Deuteronomy 4:25¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have rem...Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: a...1 Kings 9:6But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not...Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them...
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Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of pea...Deuteronomy 30:2And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to al...Deuteronomy 4:29But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if tho...Jeremiah 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in m...Leviticus 26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’...
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Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy...Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot...Daniel 9:15And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of E...Psalms 136:12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for eve...Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ackn...
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Nehemiah 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the p...Nehemiah 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me tim...Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the...Hebrews 13:18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to li...Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth...
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:1
Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Z...Zechariah 7:1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD...Esther 1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, wh...Daniel 8:2And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in...Ezra 7:7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Le...
Nehemiah 1:2
Nehemiah 7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over...Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they sha...Ezra 9:8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leav...Ezekiel 24:26That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it...Jeremiah 44:14So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to s...
Nehemiah 1:3
Nehemiah 2:17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth...2 Kings 25:10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake...Ezra 5:8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house...Nehemiah 2:3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenanc...Nehemiah 7:6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of th...
Nehemiah 1:4
Daniel 9:3¶ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with...Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zi...Ezra 10:1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself...Psalms 102:13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the...Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the...
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Exodus 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the...Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a might...Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth...Nehemiah 4:14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to t...
Nehemiah 1:6
Daniel 9:20¶ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of m...Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the...Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cr...Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wicked...2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be atte...
Nehemiah 1:7
Daniel 9:5We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have re...Daniel 9:11Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might no...Daniel 9:13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we...Psalms 106:6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wicked...2 Chronicles 27:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that...
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Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth...Deuteronomy 4:25¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have rem...Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: a...1 Kings 9:6But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not...Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them...
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Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of pea...Deuteronomy 30:2And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to al...Deuteronomy 4:29But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if tho...Jeremiah 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in m...Leviticus 26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’...
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Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy...Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot...Daniel 9:15And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of E...Psalms 136:12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for eve...Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ackn...
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Nehemiah 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the p...Nehemiah 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me tim...Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the...Hebrews 13:18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to li...Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth...