Nehemiah 4:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But I prayed, “Our God, these people hate us and have wished horrible things for us. Please answer our prayers and make their insults fall on them! Let them be the ones to be dragged away as prisoners of war.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:9

I continued, “What you have done is wrong! We must honour our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.

Psalm 79:12

Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.

Proverbs 3:34

The LORD sneers at those who sneer at him, but he is kind to everyone who is humble.

Lamentations 1:22

Don't let their evil deeds escape your sight. Punish them as much as you have punished me because of my sins. I never stop groaning— I've lost all hope!

Hosea 12:14

Israel, I will make you pay for your terrible sins and for insulting me.

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked some soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He's making fun of the army of the living God!”