Nehemiah 6:13 - Revised Standard Version

¹³ For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me an evil name, in order to taunt me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ He was hired that I should be made afraid and do as he said and sin, that they might have matter for an evil report with which to taunt and reproach me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Common English Bible

¹³ He was hired to frighten me and to make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing and sin; and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.

Nehemiah 6:13 Cross References

Nehemiah 6:12

And I understood, and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Nehemiah 6:6

In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and you wish to become their king, according to this report.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Isaiah 51:7

“Hearken to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 57:11

Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, did not give me a thought? Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, and so you do not fear me?

Jeremiah 1:17

But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.”

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

Matthew 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us.

2 Timothy 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

James 4:17

Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”