Nehemiah 5:13

New American Bible - revised edition

I shook out the folds of my garment, saying, “Thus may God shake from home and fortune every man who fails to keep this promise, and may he thus be shaken out and emptied!” And the whole assembly answered, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised. Nehemiah’s Record.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:3

The king stood by the column and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to observe his commandments, statutes, and decrees with his whole heart and soul, and to re-establish the words of the covenant written in this book. And all the people stood by the covenant. Josiah’s Religious Reform.

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah.

Nehemiah 8:6

Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, “Amen, amen!” Then they knelt down and bowed before the Lord, their faces to the ground.

Psalm 119:106

I make a solemn vow to observe your righteous judgments.

Psalm 50:14

Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 76:11

Surely the wrath of man will give you thanks; the remnant of your furor will keep your feast.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction oppose them.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, “It was a mistake.” Why should God be angered by your words and destroy the works of your hands?

Numbers 5:22

May this water, then, that brings a curse, enter your bowels to make your belly swell and your uterus fall!” And the woman shall say, “Amen, amen!”

Matthew 10:14

Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.

Acts 13:51

So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Acts 18:6

When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you pronounce a blessing [with] the spirit, how shall one who holds the place of the uninstructed say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

1 Samuel 15:28

So Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.