Nehemiah 4:17

English Standard Version 2016

who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.

Cross References

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 2:3

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Philippians 1:28

and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:9

for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.

Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:16

From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah,

Nehemiah 4:18

And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

Psalm 149:6

Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,

Song of Solomon 3:8

all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night.

Joel 2:8

They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.