Nehemiah 2:20

New American Bible - revised edition

My answer to them was this: “It is the God of heaven who will grant us success. We, his servants, shall set about the rebuilding; but you have neither share nor claim nor memorial in Jerusalem.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 26:5

He was prepared to seek God as long as Zechariah lived, who taught him to fear God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of ancestral houses of Israel answered them, “It is not your responsibility to build with us a house for our God, but we alone must build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard this report, I began to weep and continued mourning for several days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:4

The king asked me, “What is it, then, that you wish?” I prayed to the God of heaven

Psalm 102:17

Once the Lord has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,

Psalm 122:6

For the peace of Jerusalem pray: “May those who love you prosper!

Psalm 20:5

Grant what is in your heart, fulfill your every plan.

Psalm 35:27

But let those who favor my just cause shout for joy and be glad. May they ever say, “Exalted be the Lord who delights in the peace of his loyal servant.”

Psalm 51:18

For you do not desire sacrifice or I would give it; a burnt offering you would not accept.

Exodus 28:29

Whenever Aaron enters the sanctuary, he will thus bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastpiece of decision over his heart as a constant reminder before the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to hold to this rule, and not to let that one go; but the one who fears God will succeed with both.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name Better than sons and daughters; an eternal name, which shall not be cut off, will I give them.

Leviticus 2:2

and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. A priest shall take a handful of the bran flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and shall burn it on the altar as a token of the offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 24:7

With each pile put some pure frankincense, which shall serve as an oblation to the Lord, a token of the bread offering.

Zechariah 6:14

The other crown will be in the temple of the Lord as a gracious reminder to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the son of Zephaniah.

Numbers 10:10

And when you rejoice on your festivals, and your new-moon feasts, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your communion sacrifices, so that this serves as a reminder of you before your God. I, the Lord, am your God. Departure from Sinai.

Acts 10:31

‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your almsgiving remembered before God.

Acts 10:4

He looked intently at him and, seized with fear, said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Acts 8:21

You have no share or lot in this matter, for your heart is not upright before God.