Nehemiah 6:8

English Standard Version 2016

Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Job 13:4

As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.

Acts 25:10

But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.

Acts 25:7

When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Daniel 11:27

And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.

Isaiah 59:4

No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Nehemiah 6:7

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.”