Nehemiah 5:9

New Century Version

Then I said, “What you are doing is not right. Don’t you fear God? Don’t let our foreign enemies shame us.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Then Abraham answered, “I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah.

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. Do this and I will let you live:

2 Samuel 12:14

But what you did caused the Lord’s enemies to lose all respect for him. For this reason the son who was born to you will die.”

Nehemiah 4:4

I prayed, “Hear us, our God. We are hated. Turn the insults of Sanballat and Tobiah back on their own heads. Let them be captured and stolen like valuables.

Nehemiah 5:10

I, my brothers, and my men are also lending money and grain to the people. But stop charging them so much for this.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors’ helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God.

Psalm 90:11

Who knows the full power of your anger? Your anger is as great as our fear of you should be.

Proverbs 16:29

Cruel people trick their neighbors and lead them to do wrong.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not good to punish the innocent or to beat leaders for being honest.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to honor the wicked or to be unfair to the innocent.

Proverbs 19:2

Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good. If you act too quickly, you might make a mistake.

Proverbs 24:23

These are also sayings of the wise: It is not good to take sides when you are the judge.

Ezekiel 36:20

They dishonored my holy name in the nations where they went. The nations said about them ‘These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave the land which he gave them.’

Leviticus 25:36

Do not charge him any interest on money you loan to him, but respect your God; let the poor live among you.

Acts 9:31

The church everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace and became stronger. Respecting the Lord by the way they lived, and being encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the group of believers continued to grow.

Romans 2:24

just as the Scriptures say: “Those who are not Jews speak against God’s name because of you.”

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes. Then no enemy will have any reason to criticize them.

Titus 2:5

to be wise and pure, to be good workers at home, to be kind, and to yield to their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

1 Peter 2:12

People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are doing wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons. The Lord’s people are spreading a bad report about you.