Nehemiah 5:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:3

And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

1 Chronicles 16:36

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

Psalm 119:106

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Psalm 50:14

Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

Psalm 76:11

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

Numbers 5:22

And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

Matthew 10:14

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

Acts 13:51

But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.

Acts 18:6

And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 14:16

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.