Nehemiah 5:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and said, ‘We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.’  They remained silent and could not say a word.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

1 Corinthians 8:11

So the weak person, the brother or sister for whom Christ died,  is ruined  , by your knowledge.

Romans 14:15

For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love.  Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says,  it speaks to those who are subject to the law,  , so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgement.  ,

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents,   to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey.   Immediately

Matthew 22:12

So he said to him, “Friend,   how did you get in here without wedding clothes? ” The man was speechless.

Job 32:15

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer; words have left them.

Job 29:10

The noblemen’s voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

Deuteronomy 24:7

‘If a man is discovered kidnapping  one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.

Exodus 21:16

‘Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.

Galatians 6:10

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work  for the good  of all, especially for those who belong to the household  of faith.

Nehemiah 5:9

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?