Nehemiah 6:13

New American Bible - revised edition

that I might act on it out of fear and commit this sin. Then they would have had a shameful story with which to discredit me.

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:12

For on consideration, it was plain to me that God had not sent him; rather, because Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him, he voiced this prophecy concerning me,

Nehemiah 6:6

containing this text: “Among the nations it has been reported—Gashmu is witness to this—that you and the Jews are planning a rebellion; that for this reason you are rebuilding the wall; and that you are to be their king.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.

Proverbs 29:5

Those who speak flattery to their neighbor cast a net at their feet.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than good ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Isaiah 51:7

Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart: Do not fear the reproach of others; remain firm at their revilings.

Isaiah 57:11

Whom did you dread and fear, that you told lies, And me you did not remember nor take to heart? Am I to keep silent and conceal, while you show no fear of me?

Jeremiah 1:17

But you, prepare yourself; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Do not be terrified on account of them, or I will terrify you before them;

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Jeremiah 20:10

Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.”

Ezekiel 2:6

But as for you, son of man, do not fear them or their words. Do not fear, even though there are briers or thorns and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be terrified by their looks for they are a rebellious house.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech.

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death,

Acts 6:13

They presented false witnesses who testified, “This man never stops saying things against [this] holy place and the law.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.

James 4:17

So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.

Revelation 21:8

But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” The New Jerusalem.