Nehemiah 5:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Then I said, ‘What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God  and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts and reproach of the nations, our enemies?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Common English Bible

⁹ So I continued, “What you are doing isn’t good! Why don’t you walk in the fear of our God? This will prevent the taunts of the nations that are our enemies!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And I said to them: "The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?

Nehemiah 5:9 Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place.  They will kill me because of my wife.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, ‘I fear God   #– #do this and you will live.

2 Samuel 12:14

However, because you treated  the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.’

Nehemiah 4:4

Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

Nehemiah 5:10

Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let’s stop charging this interest.

Nehemiah 5:15

The governors  who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram  of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person lures his neighbour, leading him on a path that is not good.

Proverbs 17:26

It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty.  ,

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.

Proverbs 19:2

Even zeal is not good without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily   sins.

Proverbs 24:23

These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgement.

Ezekiel 36:20

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name,  because it was said about them, “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land in exile.”

Leviticus 25:36

Do not profit or take interest from him,  but fear your God and let your brother live among you.

Acts 9:31

So the church  throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.   ,

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want younger women to marry,  have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission  to their husbands, so that God’s word  will not be slandered.

1 Peter 2:12

Conduct  yourselves honourably among the Gentiles,  so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons, the news I hear the Lord’s people spreading is not good.