Nehemiah 5:9

Good News Translation

Then I said, “What you are doing is wrong! You ought to obey God and do what's right. Then you would not give our enemies, the Gentiles, any reason to ridicule us.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham answered, “I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man, and I will spare your lives on one condition.

2 Samuel 12:14

But because you have shown such contempt for the Lord in doing this, your child will die.”

Nehemiah 4:4

I prayed, “Hear how they make fun of us, O God! Let their ridicule fall on their own heads. Let them be robbed of everything they have, and let them be taken as prisoners to a foreign land.

Nehemiah 5:10

I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment.

Nehemiah 5:15

Every governor who had been in office before me had been a burden to the people and had demanded forty silver coins a day for food and wine. Even their servants had oppressed the people. But I acted differently, because I honored God.

Psalm 90:11

Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?

Proverbs 16:29

Violent people deceive their friends and lead them to disaster.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.

Proverbs 19:2

Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble.

Proverbs 24:23

The wise have also said these things: It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced.

Ezekiel 36:20

Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, ‘These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave his land.’

Leviticus 25:36

Do not charge Israelites any interest, but obey God and let them live near you.

Acts 9:31

And so it was that the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. Through the help of the Holy Spirit it was strengthened and grew in numbers, as it lived in reverence for the Lord.

Romans 2:24

The scripture says, “Because of you Jews, the Gentiles speak evil of God.”

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would prefer that the younger widows get married, have children, and take care of their homes, so as to give our enemies no chance of speaking evil of us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

1 Peter 2:12

Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.

1 Samuel 2:24

Stop it, my sons! This is an awful thing the people of the Lord are talking about!