Nehemiah 6:2

Good News Translation

So Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message, suggesting that I meet with them in one of the villages in the Plain of Ono. This was a trick of theirs to try to harm me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my friend?” and took hold of his beard with his right hand in order to kiss him.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner arrived in Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. And so Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.

1 Chronicles 8:12

Elpaal had three sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed. It was Shemed who built the cities of Ono and Lod and the surrounding villages.

Nehemiah 11:35

Lod, and Ono, and in Craftsmen's Valley.

Nehemiah 3:22

The following priests rebuilt the next several sections of the wall: Priests from the area around Jerusalem built the next section;

Nehemiah 6:3

I sent messengers to say to them, “I am doing important work and can't go down there. I am not going to let the work stop just to go and see you.”

Psalm 12:2

All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.

Psalm 37:32

Wicked people watch good people and try to kill them;

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael and the ten men with him pulled out their swords and killed Gedaliah.

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.