Nehemiah 5:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham answered: I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.

Genesis 42:18

before saying to them: Since I respect God, I'll give you a chance to save your lives.

Nehemiah 4:4

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.

Nehemiah 5:10

My relatives, my friends, and I are also lending money and grain, but we must no longer demand payment in return.

Nehemiah 5:15

Each governor before me had been a burden to the people by making them pay for his food and wine and by demanding forty silver coins a day. Even their officials had been a burden to the people. But I respected God, and I didn't think it was right to be so hard on them.

Psalm 90:11

No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you.

Proverbs 16:29

Don't trust violent people. They will mislead you to do the wrong thing.

Proverbs 17:26

It isn't fair to punish the innocent and those who do right.

Proverbs 18:5

It's wrong to favour the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.

Proverbs 19:2

Willingness and stupidity don't go well together. If you are too eager, you will miss the road.

Proverbs 24:23

Here are some more sayings that make good sense: When you judge, you must be fair.

Ezekiel 36:20

Wherever they went, my name was disgraced, because foreigners insulted my people by saying I had forced them out of their own land.

Leviticus 25:36

Don't take advantage of them by charging any kind of interest or selling them food for profit. Instead, honour me by letting them stay where they now live.

Acts 9:31

The church in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria now had a time of peace and kept on worshipping the Lord. The church became stronger, as the Holy Spirit encouraged it and helped it grow.

Romans 2:24

It is just as the Scriptures tell us, “You have made foreigners say insulting things about God.”

1 Timothy 5:14

I would prefer that young widows get married, have children, and look after their families. Then the enemy won't have any reason to say insulting things about us.

Titus 2:5

Each of the younger women must be sensible and kind, as well as a good homemaker, who puts her own husband first. Then no one can say insulting things about God's message.

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honour God by telling the good things they saw you do.